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QW 3.0 README.TXT by Intuit Technical Support
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I - **INSTALLATION ERROR MESSAGES AND PROBLEMS**
1 Message "CAN'T DECOMPRESS QINST.EXE"
2 Message "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY TO INSTALL"
3 INSTALL STOPS BEFORE 100% COMPLETE
4 Message "STOP! SHARE VIOLATION ON DRIVE C:"
5 Message "CANNOT CREATE DIRECTORY"
6 KNOWN TSR CONFLICTS
7 WINDOWS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE QUICKEN AS BEING INSTALLED
8 Message "CANNOT START MORE THAN ONE COPY OF SPECIFIED PROGRAM"
9 Message "SYSTEM FILE COMMDLG.DLL IN USE BY OTHER APPLICATION"
10 Message "DISK IS FULL" AS QUICKEN REINDEXES YOUR FILE
II - **CONVERTING DATA FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS**
III - **GENERAL PROTECTION FAULTS**
IV - **COMMON PRINTING PROBLEMS**
I - INSTALLATION ERROR MESSAGES AND PROBLEMS
****************************************************************************
Note: Some common installation problems may be caused by insufficient memory
(less than 2MB of RAM), hard disk space less than (3 MB), or conflicts with
Terminate and Stay Resident programs (TSRs).
Resolving these situations before continuing will save time.
1 Message "CAN'T DECOMPRESS QINST.EXE"
SOLUTION 1.1
1. Exit Quicken and Windows.
2. Load Windows in standard mode by typing
Win/S at the C:\> prompt.
3. Reinstall.
or try
SOLUTION 1.2
If QINST.EXE still won't decompress, copy all the files
from the Quicken diskettes to a temporary directory on the
hard drive and run install from the hard drive.
2 Message "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY TO INSTALL"
SOLUTION 2.1
1. Check the Task List by Pressing Ctrl-Esc and close all
Windows applications except Program Manager.
2. Reinstall
Or try Solution 1.2 above
or try
SOLUTION 2.2
Run CHKDSK on the QW 3.0 diskette. If errors are found,
call Intuit Technical Support.
3 INSTALL STOPS BEFORE 100% COMPLETE
Try SOLUTION 2.1 above
or
Try SOLUTION 1.1 above.
or
SOLUTION 3.1
1. Identify any TSRs or memory resident programs by looking
through your autoexec.bat file.
2. Insert the letters REM at the beginning of the line
that loads the program and save the file.
3. Restart your computer and retry.
or
SOLUTION 3.2
1. Determine whether you are running Share.exe by checking
your autoexec.bat file or consulting your network administrator.
2. Deactivate Share.exe temporarily by inserting the
letters REM at the beginning of the Share.exe line in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
3. Restart your computer and reinstall.
4. After installing successfully remove the letters REM
from your autoexec.bat and restart your computer to
reload Share.exe.
4 Message "STOP! SHARE VIOLATION ON DRIVE C:"
Try SOLUTION 3.2 above
or
SOLUTION 4.1
If you are running Norton Desktop's Smartcan,
Insert the letters REM at the beginning of the line that
says C:\NDW\Smartcan.exe in your autoexec.bat file.
or try SOLUTION 3.1 above
5 Message "CANNOT CREATE DIRECTORY"
POSSIBLE CAUSE
The root directory may contain more than 512 files.
This is the DOS limit for the Root directory.
SOLUTION 5.1
1. Move some of the files from the root directory
to a subdirectory.
SOLUTION 5.2
1. Run CHKDSK to check for lost allocation units. Quicken
may be trying to install to a bad section of your hard disk.
6 KNOWN CONFLICTS WITH MEMORY RESIDENT SOFTWARE WHILE INSTALLING
Terminate and Stay Resident Software can interfere with
Quicken for Windows installation. Temporarily deactivate these
applications while installing Quicken and reactivate them after
Quicken has installed successfully.
VDEFEND (PC Tools)
Try unloading VDEFEND by typing
VDEFEND /U;
at the C:\> prompt
or
Insert the letters REM at the beginning of the VDEFEND line
in your autoexec.bat file.
NAV (Norton Anti-Virus)
Insert the letters REM at the beginning of the NDW line in your
autoexec.bat file.
7 INSTALLATION IS 100% COMPLETE, YET WINDOWS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE
QUICKEN AS BEING INSTALLED
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Low Memory situation
SOLUTION 7.1
Exit Windows and reboot.
Windows will now show a Quicken program group with
the Quicken icon.
8 Message - "CANNOT START MORE THAN ONE COPY OF SPECIFIED PROGRAM"
POSSIBLE CAUSE - You may have Quicken in your Windows Start-up
program group.
SOLUTION 8.1
Remove Quicken from your Windows Start-up Program group.
9 Message - "SYSTEM FILE COMMDLG.DLL IN USE BY OTHER APPLICATION"
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Lantastic Network 4.1 and the SHARE command.
Try SOLUTION 4.1 above
or try SOLUTION 3.2 above
10 Message - "DISK IS FULL" AS QUICKEN REINDEXES THE FILE
SOLUTION 10.1
1. Exit Quicken and Windows.
2. Load Windows in standard mode by typing
Win/S at the C:\> prompt.
3. Reload Quicken and the reindex should be successful.
Note:The need to rebuild the index file can be created by shutting
off your computer while in Quicken or not exiting Quicken properly.
II - CONVERTING DATA FILES FROM PREVIOUS QUICKEN VERSIONS
****************************************************************************
Note: Quicken for Windows 3.0 will automatically convert data files from:
DOS Versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and Windows Versions 1.0 & 2.0
If you are converting data from Quicken DOS Version 2,
you will first need to run Quicken's "Copy and Update Utility".
This disk can be obtained from Intuit's Customer Service Department.
If you are converting data from Quicken DOS Version 1, you will need to run
Quicken's "Conversion Utility" as well as the "Copy and Update Utility".
Both disks can be obtained from Intuit Customer Service at no charge.
III - General Protection Faults
****************************************************************************
General Protection Faults, (GPFs) are messages that are generated
by Windows. The most common causes of GPFs in Quicken are:
1 Conflicts with Terminate and Stay Resident programs, (TSRs)
and problems with certain Device Drivers
2 Inconsistencies or damage to the program and/or data files.
1 Trouble Shooting for TSR and Driver related problems.
Check for potentially incompatible TSRs or Drivers in your
autoexec.bat and config.sys files. You can test for
incompatibilities by "REMarking out"TSRs and Drivers and restarting
your computer. If this solves the problem, restore the TSRs or
Drivers one by one until the incompatibility is found.
"REMarking out" means inserting the letters REM at the beginning
of the line which loads the TSR or Device Driver.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
** DO NOT REMARK LINES THAT WILL AFFECT HARD DISK COMPRESSION,
DISK PARTITIONING or EXTERNAL DRIVES ETC. **
You can also try setting up a 'vanilla' configuration by
renaming your existing autoexec and config to autoexec.old
and config.old and creating new ones that look like this.
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
device=c:\windows\himem.sys path=c:\dos;c:\windows
files=40 prompt $p$g
buffers=30 set temp=c:\
stacks=9,256
2 Trouble shooting for problems in your data files:
Damage to your data files can be caused by problems with your hard disk.
Hardware problems should be resolved before data file problems can be
solved permanently.
Problems with your hard disk
1 Type CHKDSK at the C:\> prompt to check for lost allocation units
or cross linked files. If any are found, you may need to consult
your hardware technician to correct them before continuing.
2 In Quicken, create a new file and perform the tasks that
generated the GPF. If you do not get a GPF, this may indicate
that the GPF was caused by a damaged data file.
3 In Quicken, click File, File Operations and Copy. Save the copy of
your data to a new name. Load the new copy and see if
the GPF still occurs. If it does not, Copy File was probably able
to repair the damage. If the GPF still occurs, you may need to
Rebuild your .QMT (memorized list) file.
4 Run the Rebuild utility on the new copy of your file.
The Rebuild Utility can be found in your Quicken subdirectory.
Instructions on how to run the Rebuild Utility can be found in
Help under Rebuild and in the REBUILD.TXT file in your Quicken
program directory.
IV - Troubleshooting Common Printing Problems
****************************************************************************
1 If Quicken behaves as if you have printed successfully but nothing comes out
of the printer, check the Windows Print Manager for stalled print jobs.
2 If you experience problems with the drivers listed below, we recommend that
you install these substitute drivers. If you are not sure how to install
drivers in the Windows Control Panel, please consult your Windows Manual.
Print Driver Substitute Driver
Citizen GSX-140 Epson LQ-510
Okidata ML 380,390 Epson FX-80 or IBM Pro-Printer
Panasonic KX-P1180 Epson FX-80 or FX-86e
Panasonic KX-P1624 Epson LQ-510
Epson LQ-570 Epson LQ-510
Panasonic KX-P1123 Epson LQ-510
Panasonic KX-P1124 Epson LQ-510
HP Deskjet 500c/550c **See note below
After you've installed the substitute driver, choose Printer Setup
in Quicken to select the new driver.
Before printing, reset your printer by turning it off and on.
** If you experience problems printing from Quicken to an
HP Deskjet 500c or 550c, check your driver version number:
1. In Quicken, choose File, Printer Setup.
2. Choose either Check or Report printer setup.
3. Click Settings to see the driver name and version.
4. If the driver version number in the lower right hand corner
is not Version 3.0 or later, call HP to receive an updated driver.