Question: Where is my Quicken data file?
You can have as many Quicken data files as you would like, so you could have one for the school PTO separate from your personal finance Quicken data.
Answer: The name of the data file you are currently using in Quicken shows up on the top bar of Quicken on the left. First you will see the version of Quicken you are working with, and the file name is listed immediately after the version. For example, you might see Quicken 2009 Deluxe - QData.
Quicken names the data file Qdata by default, but you can save a Quicken file as any name you wish. Usually, Quicken data files are found under C:/Program Files/Quicken/Data, and when you open Quicken, it automatically uses the last data file used.
You can easily find all Quicken data files on your computer by clicking on File, File Operations, Find Quicken Files. From there, you can choose to find all Quicken files, files on a hard drive, USB drive, CD or other media, or search by file name.
