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?

Update: I've got Quicken98 working natively under Win7 64-bit:  the autorun installer appears to be 16-bit (or at least has an issue running, and just bombs out) - but as mentioned by Mogojohn, the CD contains both 16-bit and 32-bit installers separately, in folders on the install CD called "Win31" and "Win95" accordingly; so what worked for me was to navigate to the "Win95" directory, and run the "setup.exe" found in there. One other thing: Quicken, by default, installs it's application files in "C:\quickenw" - so suggest you choose a "custom install", and change the destination folder from "C:\quickenw" to "C:\progra~2\quickenw" (the "progra~2" being the DOS name for "Program Files (x86)", the correct program files folder for 32-bit applications under 64-bit Win7) - and also uncheck "install IE 3" and "install IE4"......

Hope that helps.

P.

27 Feb 2011 - thank you very much for the above solution.  It works well for those of us who have experience as a computer user, but not a computer professional.  I bought a laptop last autumn, and have been hoping to transfer Quicken 98 to it ever since, as the old machine is slow and clunky now.  I had already succeeded many years ago in transferring it from our first desktop to the replacement and thought it would be a cinch.

The only niggle is that Quicken 98 is set to make backups to Floppy Disks (!!!) which are no longer on PCs, of course.  So it is fiddly to find the data file and move it to a new machine.  I succeeded by copying the whole folder to an external hard drive and then using that to update the file on the new machine.  Good luck to anyone else who finds this thread.  It is, indeed, a great answer.

I have had the same problem installing Quicken 98 on Windows 7 64-bit after upgrading from Vista.  After much investigating and reading I finally managed to get it running.  Don't know if it will help, but here's what I did.  BTW this only works if you have Quicken 98 installed sucessfully on another machine.

Step 1. Download and install a later version of Quicken from here:  http://quicken.intuit.com/support/articles/getting-started/upgrading-and-conversion/3838.html  or here :http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/docs/qkn_w2002.html

I used 2002.  You will probably have to run using compatability mode (XP SP2 or Vista SP2) and possibly as administrator to install.  You also will probably need to make sure no other programs are running and disable your Anti-Virus program.

NOTE: Don't open or convert your data to the new version format!!!  Or if you do, make sure you have a backup of your 98 data files.

Step 2. After seeing that it installs and only if you have Quicken 98 running on another machine, navigate to the folder it installed to. Probably C:\Program Files (x86)\QUICKENW.

Step 3. Delete all the files within this folder, but don't delete the folder itself.

Step 4. Go to a machine where Quicken 98 is sucessfully installed - (I used my desktop running XP SP3).  Navigate to where Quicken is installed there.  Probably C:\QUICKENW. Copy the contents of that folder to a usb jump drive.

Step 5. Now copy the files from the jump drive into the folder on your Windows 7 pc (from step 3).  Then click on your icon from the interim program or the QW.exe in the folder and see if Quicken 98 opens.  It worked for me!

Step 6. You can then rename the icon from the interim program to Quicken 98.

Warning - Some of the associated programs with the interim program will now be missing and won't work, including the uninstall.  You might also want to clean your register with a program such as CCleaner.

This isn't the cleanest way to get Quicken 98 working, but if you love this version like I do, it does allow you to continue running it in Windows 7 64-bit.

I aslo found this link: http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/docs/qkn_win98.html for a Quicken 98 32-bit, but it wouldn't install for me in Windows 7 64bit.

I did find my Quicken 98 CD would install on a netbook running Windows 7 Starter 32-bit.

You might have to minimize/maximize the program each time to see the entire screen, but that's the only bug I've seen so far and I had the same issue when it was running under Vista.

Good Luck and I hope this helps!!!  Long Live Quicken 98 Deluxe!

 

This just proves how helpful and kind real 'people' are - and computer companys are not!!  I posted this question nearly a year ago and lots of people are still struggling with the realites of corporate bullying!

Same here, works in XP mode under Win 7-64, but I have two issues that I can't seem to resolve:

1. I can't seem to do the backup. When I pick a drive (C:/ typically) it says the disk is full.
2. I can't print to a networked printer, even though it shows it as an available printer.

Do you people have found these issues as well?

Update: I've gotten it to install under Windows XP Mode, but if there's a way to install it in native Win 7, I'm still interested in hearing how to do it.