Plea for Help. Quicken Premier 11 activation code.

[RockyMNHiker]

I will be upgrading my PC to a new PC later this year because Microsoft is rendering Windows 10 obsolete and my current PC will not run Win 11. I have 34 years of financial data invested in Quicken 11, and I will be unable to reinstall Quicken 2011 on the new PC because my activation code is long gone.

Is there anyone out there that can post their activation code (or key code or whatever it is) for their Quicken 2011 to allow me to install it and get the next 34 years of data into it?

You're my only hope, ObiWan.

P.S. I am prepared, but not happy, to continue to run Quicken 2011 on this PC once I detach it from the internet, but it adds a layer of complexity I'd like to avoid.

Thank you.

 

[braumeister]

I don't know much about Quicken, but could you buy a new copy for the new PC and import the data file from the old one?

 

[audreyh1]

There are often deals for Quicken Deluxe $36 or even cheaper for new users, I think you would qualify. I don’t know how much more expensive Quicken Premier would be. ETA: I’m see several deals here for under $58.

Activation codes are unique. They know it’s already used, and it’s associated with a specific Quicken account.

 

[Walt34]

Activation codes are unique. They know it’s already used, and it’s associated with a specific Quicken account.

Not to mention that it's a violation of the IP contract.

 

[easysurfer]

Belarc is a program I've used in the past that I believe can list out activation codes you have on you PC.

How do I find the product key that was used to install my system or application?

Product keys are used to activate or enable a purchased application. You can often find product keys used on your machine with a special application.

askleo.com

 

[AudiDudi]

I recently looked into helping a neighbor to go from Q 2013 up to 2016. 2016 would not import the data - it 1st had to go back to 2010, then up to 2016 as I recall. There should be a list of what programs from what years will import.

 

[jollystomper]

I do not recall the CD/retail versions of Quicken, prior to the subscription version, having activation codes or keys.

Here is a discussion on the Quicken community board, from a few years back, about Quicken 11 that may be helpful to you: using 2011 on a new computer.

I see there are folks selling various Quicken 2011 CDs on eBay, but on some listings they mention that level of software is not compatible with Windows 11.

 

[grasshopper]

Look at help on Quicken on your old computer " Manage your subscription", check your status. With your new computer you will sign into your Quicken.com account, you can than download the latest version to your new computer. The key will just transfer to the new computer automatically. Does this make any sense, its 5 oclock somewhere. Ask away. david I just did this in December.

 

[PaunchyPirate]

Look at help on Quicken on your old computer " Manage your subscription", check your status. With your new computer you will sign into your Quicken.com account, you can than download the latest version to your new computer. The key will just transfer to the new computer automatically. Does this make any sense, its 5 oclock somewhere. Ask away. david I just did this in December.

I suspect the OP doesn't have a paid up subscription. And likely doesn't want one. Quicken 2011 was well before Quicken became a subscription-based product.

 

[Jerry1]

It won’t reload. I had a version of Quicken that got corrupted and when I went to reinstall it, it didn’t work. Quicken was sold around 2016 and the current company doesn’t support the old version so I couldn’t install it. And yes, I did have the original activation code. After that, I was forced onto the subscription in order to save my data. Thankfully, even though it was an old data file the new software did read it in.

Best thing to do now is find it on sale every year and renew the subscription that way.

 

[rk911]

Is there anyone out there that can post their activation code (or key code or whatever it is) for their Quicken 2011 to allow me to install it and get the next 34 years of data into it?

Quicken 11 never had an activation code. All you need to do is use the Win 11 compatibility checker or better yet buy the new version (you only need the subscription to keep it and ypur data files updated). Quicken should be able to load and convert the older files. You can also import Quicken data files into Excel.
A call to Quicken tech support should comfirm that.
Quicken Tech Support

 

[audreyh1]

You can buy Quicken and then simply not renew after a year. It will still work, you just have to enter most data manually. It can probably still read QFX files, but not update asset prices.

 

[jollystomper]

Is there anyone out there that can post their activation code (or key code or whatever it is) for their Quicken 2011 to allow me to install it and get the next 34 years of data into it?
You're my only hope, ObiWan.

P.S. I am prepared, but not happy, to continue to run Quicken 2011 on this PC once I detach it from the internet, but it adds a layer of complexity I'd like to avoid.

Thank you.

For what is it worth, I am building a Windows 11 desktop PC to replace my Windows 10 primary desktop. I am running Quicken 2017, and followed the documented procedure on this link to install Quicken 2017 on it: Blank Quicken Id window

The key aspects of the steps were:

- Do not have the PC connected to the internet when you are installing.
- When the Quicken base software install is complete, do not launch it. Close the install window, run the patch file to install the patch, but do not launch it when it is complete.
- You can copy over your Quicken.ini file, or add the info in the link to the generated .ini file of the new installation, there is one key section.
- copy a .qdf file compatible with your version and click on it to launch Quicken for the first time. Then, after everything looks fine, connect the PC to the internet.

As was mentioned above, since Quicken 2011 did not have an activation key, you can probably trying installing it on your new PC, assuming you still have the installation software. The link above also has the patches to put on top of the original install. However, if as mentioned before Quicken 2011 is not compatible with Windows 11, you can try buying Quicken 2017 from somewhere and using the same process I used.

 

[skipro33]

Why not just copy it to a thumb drive and use it as a drive on your new computer? Or any computer for that matter. No need to install it.

 

[jollystomper]

Why not just copy it to a thumb drive and use it as a drive on your new computer? Or any computer for that matter. No need to install it.

Quicken scatters its information across several directories and the registry. This is especially true if you have upgraded it over many releases. I always recommend, on new builds, doing clean program installs when one can. I have used and upgraded Quicken since its first release on the same software platform that I used and upgraded Windows from Windows 95 through Windows 10, so one can just imagine how much "junk" that has accumulated .

In this case, with the installation media and patch file, it is only moving over 3 files (those 2 and a .QDF file for testing) and executing the install and patch file took less than 30 seconds combined. The method in the link seems to be the only consistent method that people have gotten the pre-subscription versions of Quicken to install since they stopped supporting them.

 

[Jerry1]

You can buy Quicken and then simply not renew after a year. It will still work, you just have to enter most data manually. It can probably still read QFX files, but not update asset prices.

This is interesting to me since DW never downloaded anything. She just enters all data manually. We don’t track our brokerage accounts in Quicken other than to manually update the price on occasion. For us, it’s basically a check (transaction) register with nice reporting tools.

Has anyone ever done this? My thought was that they lock your data file if you don’t pay your subscription. If it was just about automatic data feeds, we could give that up in a minute.

 

[audreyh1]

This is interesting to me since DW never downloaded anything. She just enters all data manually. We don’t track our brokerage accounts in Quicken other than to manually update the price on occasion. For us, it’s basically a check (transaction) register with nice reporting tools.

Has anyone ever done this? My thought was that they lock your data file if you don’t pay your subscription. If it was just about automatic data feeds, we could give that up in a minute.

My understanding is that they do not lock your data file. Subscription is really just for program data downloads, mainly asset prices, but some people use direct connect to their brokerage (we don’t). I suspect importing QFX files would still work since you are obtaining those from an institution directly. Subscription also includes free software updates.

So basically you can still buy one copy, you get a year of free software updates and asset price downloads. And after the year you can proceed manually.