Please can you help me - I have an old programmes called Quicken 98 and my new windows 7 laptop won't let me load it on - how can I get this programme on my machine?

Several years ago I figured out how to get around the registration process as I knew it would not be long before the phone number would no longer work.  If I remember correctly you would call in with the serial number and they would give you a customer number.  The serial number is contained in a file located at:  c:/windows/quicken.ini  I have an old serial number that ties to a customer number.  So what I would do is change the serial number in the quicken.ini file (open in wordpad) and then the customer number works.   This was the only way around it that I saw as the program seems to regenerate the serial number each time it was loaded.  Hopefully those of you with this issue will have an old serial number and customer number written down somewhere.

At least that is my from my notes and memory.  Now I have to figure out how to get it working on a Windows 7 machine and thanks to all of you, it appears with some work I will be able to do so.

Scott

Hi Everyone,

Just a suggested approach that I have found effective to get around the Registration bit. I dont have a code now - lost it many years ago. I found that when the Quicken program gives you the options 'Register' or 'Cancel' (after 7 or 8 normal loads/uses I believe) just click 'cancel'. This will allow you a further 12 normal loads/uses of the program. Eventually, after the these '20' uses of the program, the next time that you load the program it will then request that you either 'Register' or 'Close'. Choose 'Close' The trick here is that after repeating this 'close' routine for 3 times in sucession, the program will automatically revert to the start of the '20' uses cycle. I know this sounds a little convoluted, but it is after all just a few mouse clicks. Try it for yourself. Hope it helps someone.

Bob

I too wanted to use my Quicken 98 on my new computer.  Even though I had the installation CD, I absolutely could not get it to install from the CD.  I even tried something called DosBox to no avail.

With my old computer and new computer running side by side,

I found the file called "QUICKENW" on my old computer and copied the entire folder and it's contents onto a flash drive.

Then, I put the flash drive into the new computer, and moved the "QUICKENW" folder to

"C:\Program Files (x86)"

When I tried to run the program, (C:\Program Files (x86)\QUICKENW\QW)  I got an error message saying the computer needed the file "IPROF32.DLL"

Again I returned to the old computer, and found this file in the "C:\Windows\System32" folder.

I copied it to the flash drive and then copied it to the "C:\Windows\System32" of the new computer, but I still got the error message.  So, I copied the "IPROF32.DLL" to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\QUICKENW" folder and VOILA, the program opened up!  (you have to double click the application file named "QW".  Later, I created a shortcut on my desktop, to this file for easy opening.)

I got more error messages about missing DLL files, so if you try this route, then go ahead and search and copy all of these files from your old machine:

IFPROF32.DLL

Q_ENCUTL.DLL

Q_ENCLIB.DLL

QCON32.DLL

I pasted them all into my "C:\Program Files (x86)\QUICKENW" and things are working.  I haven't yet tried printing, and as someone else before me experienced, the icons on the tool bar are gone, but my program seems to work.

I also made a fresh Quicken data backup from my old machine, and then put it on the flash drive, and used FILE>Restore Backup File, to get all of my data current on the new machine.

Good luck.  This aint easy!

It appears you basically followed HackerGirl's procedure, as did I.  I had a copy of Q2000 which I installed on my W7 machine, then replaced all the files in the QuickenW folder with Q98's files from the same folder on another computer with Q98 installed.  It essentially worked from the start.  I've been using Q98 since it first came out and like it because it is simple and gives me everything I need to know. The reports are more than adequate, and not being able to print them to a printer is not a problem. Most reports will print adequately to a print screen, which I then edit in a paint program. You can also dump the jpeg reports into a Word file (as a jpeg).

The primary reason I like Q98 is you don't have to register it to use it.  I have installed/reinstalled Q98 on several machines over the years and don't recall ever having entered a serial number or customer code, or ever contacting Quicken to get one.  I mess with the RegistrationCount in the Quicken.ini file to stop the registeration window from popping up. Right now it's set at 5559.  I also notice there is a Customer ID in the .ini file, but I don't know where it camer from.

You can bypass registration by opening the quicken.ini file in a text editor like wordpad. Look for the line that says "registration count=xx". Change whatever number XX is to 1. You will have to do this every 20 uses, but you don't have to register / reinstall. Even if you use up all your uses and it blocks you, you can always change the count back to 1 and it will work again.