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?

I have been running my Quicken Deluxe 98 on my Packard Bell PC and it has worked exremely well.  I recently purchased a Dell Laptop (Inspiron 15R) wondered (like you), whether I was going to be able to use it anymore.

But I am pleased to say that it is running like a dream!  What I did was to transfer the application (I no longer have

the Q98 disc) to a flash drive.  The I plugged in the flash drive to my laptop and that was that!  I am thrilled to be able to effortly continue to use it.  

Only one drawback, though - it will not run a printer from it. Porbably the fault is trivial and somebody will tell me how to overcome it!

I am pleased to say that it is running like a dream!  What I did was to transfer the application (I no longer have the Q98 disc) to a flash drive.  Then I plugged in the flash drive to my laptop and that was that!  I am thrilled to be able to effortly continue to use it.  

That would be really great if I could use Quicken 98 on my laptop, too. Sorry to be dense, but what does "transferring the application to a flash drive" involve? Did you simply copy the quickenw folder out of Program Files (x86)? And then do you simply run the programme off the flash drive? Can it really be that simple?

I have just come across and used your solution (thanks for that) which has enabled me to install the programme and it will open and run the 4 club accounts I manage but will not open my home accounts. When I try to open my home account I eventually get a message ' Quicken Executable has stopped working' The only difference I can see is the size of the account files - the home account is now 7.61MB as it has 13 years of data, the other accounts are 538kb, 385kb, 173Kb and 341kb - all worked very well on my XP computer. Does anyone have a solution to this problem as I now appear so near to be able to continue using this great accounting programme?

Quicken Deluxe 98 works great for me -no reason to upgrade, especially after reading negative reviews on the latest versions! I have used the program for 14 years, and will use it 14 more years, as long as operating systems allow!

I recently transitioned from XP to Windows 7 Professional. Quicken 98 wouldn't install, so I  installed a virtual machine (XP Mode) on computer. Quicken 98 installed on that and works beautifully, however since it's the only program I have in XP mode, I found it cumbersome to go to XP mode everytime I wanted to open Quicken. I experimented around, and found the following solution to install Quicken 98 on the Windows 7 Professional Operating System:

1. Copied QUICKENW folder and contents from virutal machine (XP mode) and pasted to Program Files Folder (x86) in Windows 7.
2. Copied 3 .dll files from Windows/System32 of virtual machine to C:/Windows folder in Windows 7. Those files were IPROF32.DLL, Q_encutl.dll, and Q_enclib.dll. Quicken then worked (with a couple of minor gitches -more on that later).
3. I went ahead and moved other Intuit .dll folders from C:\Windows on virtual machine to C:\Windows on Windows 7, though these were likely not necessary files. They were: Qcon32.dll, Qconnect.dll, and icg32.dll.
4. The program opens and runs, with a few minor issues: a) the help files no longer work, b) the account register or accounts screen doesn't open when the program is opened, and c) I keep getting the annoying registration reminder. I solved A and C and found a work around for B. Solutions below:
5. To enable viewing of help files, follow the link in the message that is displayed when trying to access help screen in Quicken -it is something like "cannot find Winhelp.exe." The link goes to a Microsoft download page that downloads winhelp32.exe on computer, which then solves the help screen issue.
6. An easy workaround to register or accounts screen not loading when opening Quicken 98: after opening program, simply shrink the window and then open it back up. This can be done quickly and easily by clicking the Quicken icon twice at the bottom of the screen in the Taskbar.
7. To eliminate the appearance of the annoying reminder to register screen upon opening Quicken, I did the following:

i) moved the files QWREMIND.INI and qwrmdnd.dll from the QUICKENW folder to a temporary folder

ii) attempted to open Quicken Program, but would not open -said it could not find qwrmdnd.dll

iii) moved qwrmdnd.dll back to the original folder (QUICKENW folder)

iv) opened program

v) closed program

vi) moved QWREMIND.INI back to the original folder (QUICKENW folder)

I don't know if all these steps were necessary to cancel the annoying registration window upon startup of the program, but it worked for me!

Finally, there has been much discussion about backing up Quicken files and getting an error message that the drive is full. The information that a smaller drive is necessary due to when this program was written and the operating systems it was designed to be used on seems partially correct, but sometimes I seem to be able to backup to larger drives as big as 1 TB (and sometimes not!) The solution of having a 1 or 2 GB Flash drive is a good one. Also, a person can simply go to Windows Explorer and copy the contents of the backup folder to a folder on another drive. The files needed end in the extension .QDF, QEL, and QSD.

Hopefully this information can be useful for others who wish to continue using Quicken Deluxe 98 (a great program!) on Windows 7.