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Quicken 2001 and Windows 7

I’m still using the 2001 UK version of Quicken. I would have upgraded if their had been an easy upgrade path, but Intuit discontinued their UK version of Quicken. But that is a different story. I’ve been using Linux (Ubuntu if you have to know) on my work-supplied laptop for 1½ years, but I’ve now switched back to Windows. Why I switched is also a different story.

Anyway, I tried installing Quicken 2001, and Windows 7 said the install.exe was incompatible even in compatibility mode (worked fine under Ubuntu by the way). So I did the usual, googled for a solution, and I did find a thread with others who had apparently also had this problem. The thread was useful in that some said it worked fine for them, so I perservered.

The solution: Don’t try running the install.exe in the root of the CD, run autorun.exe in the autorun directory instead and the install will work flawlessly.

Tags: Quicken, Windows 7