Newbie having problems

[M Prindle]

I had a issue similar to this when I first started using 2.2.9 in
March of '09.  In my case I wasn't importing quicken data, but was
importing ofx files from my banks.  I wasn't having an issue until the
next time I went to open it and got the same message you did.  After
restoring the backup file I wasn't able to reproduce the error.

Mike

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Norman <norman.bearon at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> I have installed 2.2.9 on Windows 7 - new laptop.
>
> I have been a previous Quicken user and have managed to transfer my
> financial data over quite easily, I am very impressed except......
>
> I came back to it the other day and I could not open my "accounts2010" file.
> It just said "there was an error parsing the file".  I went back through a
> series of ".xac" files and eventualy got back to one that would open.  I
> carried on using that file, re-entered data, set up some new accounts etc,
> deliberately saving regularly as I went (back onto the original
> "accounts2010" file).  All seemed well and I shut down.
>
> I have come back today and it will not open again - very frustrating
>
> I have tracked it back to find an xac file that will open (one created
> during the last session), followed by 2 log files, after that none of the
> xac files will open - I have not read up enough yet to know whether I can
> use these to recreate a session - advice would be much appreciated please.
> Can I re-run one log file at a time, saving as a new file name as I go until
> I find what has caused the error - can I interpret a log file to understand
> exactly what was being done at that moment - should I be looking for
> anything obvious in the log file?
>
> Any idea what may be going on or what I should do?
>
>
> I have also noticed a problem in the new account set-up - no doubt already
> posted - in that the opening balance tab just seems to pass through
> jibberish in the date field - I did the opening balances manually.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Norman B
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