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QW 4.0 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 RECOGNISE 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
11. Message "INSUFFICIENT MEMORY"
II.** COMMON PRINTING PROBLEMS **
III. ** GENERAL PROTECTION FAULTS **
I. - INSTALLATION ERROR MESSAGES AND PROBLEMS
******************************************************************
Note: Some common installation problems may be caused by
insufficient memory (less than 4MB of RAM), hard disk space less
than (8.5 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
a. Exit Quicken and Windows.
b. Load Windows in standard mode by typing WIN/S at the
C:\> prompt. If you have Windows for Workgroups 3.11,
then type WIN /d:t.
c. Reinstall.
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. For example:
To create a temporary directory on your hard disk, from the C:\> prompt type:
MD TEMP
To go to the drive that the Quicken disk is in for example, drive B. Type:
B:
To copy the contents of each disk to the temp directory, type:
COPY *.* C:\TEMP
Now, load the Windows File Manager, go to the TEMP directory and double-click the file
called INSTALL.EXE as in a normal install procedure.
SOLUTION 1.3 - There may not be enough space available on
the drive where Windows is located. There needs to be at
least 2 MB available on the Windows drive.
2. Message "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY TO INSTALL"
SOLUTION 2.1
a. Check the Task List by Pressing Ctrl-Esc and close all
Windows applications except Program Manager.
b. Reinstall
Try SOLUTION 1.2, 1.3 or 2.2
SOLUTION 2.2
Run CHKDSK on the QW 4.0 diskette. If errors are found,
call Intuit Technical Support.
3. INSTALL STOPS BEFORE 100% COMPLETE
Try SOLUTION 2.1 or 1.1 above.
or
SOLUTION 3.1
a. Identify any TSRs or memory resident programs by
looking through your autoexec.bat file.
b. Insert the letters REM at the beginning of the line
that loads the program and save the file.
c. Restart your computer and retry.
or
SOLUTION 3.2
a. Determine whether you are running Share.exe by checking
your autoexec.bat file or consulting your network
administrator.
b. Deactivate Share.exe temporarily by inserting the
letters REM at the beginning of the Share.exe line in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
c. Restart your computer and reinstall.
d. 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, 3.1 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.
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- Move some of the files from the root
directory to a subdirectory.
SOLUTION 5.2- 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.
VSAFE (MS DOS 6.X) Try unloading VSAFE by typing VSAFE /U;
at the C:\> prompt or insert the letters REM at the
beginning of the VSAFE line in your autoexec.bat file.
NAV (Norton Anti-Virus) Insert the letters REM at the
beginning of the NAV line in your autoexec.bat file.
It is generally recommended that anti-virus programs be
disabled when Windows software is installed.
7. INSTALLATION IS 100% COMPLETE, YET WINDOWS DOES NOT
RECOGNISE QUICKEN AS BEING INSTALLED
POSSIBLE CAUSE:Low Memory
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.
SOLUTION 8.2- Exit Windows, then restart Windows and
reinstall the program.
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 or 3.2 above
Also, do not click on the file from the File
Manager. Use File and Run from the desktop.
10. Message - "DISK IS FULL" AS QUICKEN REINDEXES THE FILE
SOLUTION 10.1
a. Exit Quicken and Windows.
b. Load Windows in standard mode by typing Win/S at the
C:\> prompt. NOTE: If you have Windows for Workgroups
3.11, then type WIN /d:t.
c. 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.
11. Message "INSUFFICIENT MEMORY"
Try SOLUTION 2.1 or 2.2
II. - Troubleshooting Common Printing Problems
******************************************************************
1. If Quicken behaves as if you have printed successfully but
nothing comes out of the printer, check the printer and the Print
Manager for stalled print jobs.
2. Verify that the font is True Type or a printer resident font.
3. If the report header/page number is missing or compressed, then
select File, Printer Setup, Report/Graph Printer Setup and change
the left and right margins to .5".
4. 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. If you find that the
substitute driver solves your printing problem, then contact your
printer manufacturer to see if they have the updated driver for
your printer.
Print Driver Substitute Driver
Canon BJ 130 IBM Proprinter
Canon BJ 200 Canon BJ 10e or IBM Proprinterx24
Citizen GSX-140 Epson LQ-510 or IBM Proprinterx24
Citizen GSX-220/230 IBM Proprinter X24e
Epson Stylus 300/800 Epson LQ 870 or LQ 850
Panasonic KX-P1180 Epson FX-80 or FX-86e
Panasonic KX-P1624 Epson LQ-510
Panasonic KX-P1123/1124 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 4.0 or later, call HP to receive an
updated driver.
III. - General Protection Faults
******************************************************************
General Protection Faults, (GPFs) are messages that are generated
by Windows. Here are troubleshooting tips for the most common
causes in Quicken:
1. Insufficient memory-insufficient system resources.
Press Ctrl-Esc to go to the Windows Task List.
Exit all applications except for the Program Manager to
free memory and system resources used by other
applications.
2. Conflicts with Terminate and Stay Resident programs, (TSRs) and
problems with certain Device Drivers.
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 'minimum' 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
3. Inconsistencies or damage to the program and/or 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:
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. 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.