THIS UPDATE IS FOR QUICKEN 4 FOR WINDOWS, RELEASE 5 OR LOWER. ================================================================== If you are not running Quicken 4 for Windows, Release 5 or lower, this update will have no effect on your software. TO CHECK THE RELEASE NUMBER OF YOUR QUICKEN VERSION: 1. Start Quicken 4 for Windows. 2. With Quicken open, hold down the Shift key while choosing "About Quicken" from the Help Menu. A window appears. The first line will say: Quicken 4 for Windows R, where = 2, 3, 4, or 5. This is the "Release Number" of your version of Quicken 4 for Windows. If you are using Quicken 4 for Windows and have Release 5 or lower, follow the instructions below to run the update. If you already have Release 6, running the update will not change your software in any way. If you are using Quicken for Windows 1.0, 1.01, 2.0, or 3.0, we encourage you to look in the General Information Library to find out about the added benefits of using Quicken 4 for Windows. UPDATING QUICKEN 4 FOR WINDOWS =============================== 1. Create a directory on your hard drive called UPDATE. 2. Download the Quicken Update into this directory. The file name is: QW4R6.ZIP 3. Exit from Windows into DOS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE UPDATE FROM THE DOS PROMPT WHILE IN WINDOWS. The update will not install correctly, and other problems may develop. 4. Change to the UPDATE directory and unzip QW4R6.ZIP. The ZIP file was created with Version 2.04g of PKZIP and you must have this version of PKUNZIP in order to unzip the Quicken Update. If you do not have PKUNZIP, you can download it from: Forum - IBMNEW Library - Library Tools File - PK204G.EXE The DOS commands for unzipping the Quicken Update are: 1. CD \UPDATE 2. PKUNZIP QW4R6.ZIP 5. To run the update, change to the UPDATE directory, and then type QW4R6 followed by the path of your Quicken 4 for Windows directory. Then press Enter. Example: C:\UPDATE\QW4R6 C:\QUICKENW CHECKING THE UPDATE =================== Once the update is complete, you will now have Release 6 of Quicken 4 for Windows. This can be verified by using the steps described above in "To Check the Release Number..." If the "About Quicken" window displays R6, Quicken was updated correctly. REMOVING THE UPDATE FILES ========================= Once you have confirmed that the update was successful by checking the release number, you can safely remove the files that were used in the update process. All of these files will be located in the UPDATE directory where you completed the download and the unzip process. The files that can be deleted are: QW4R6.ZIP QW4R6.BAT QW4R6.RTP PATCH.EXE README.TXT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ===================== If you have questions about the update process, refer to the Intuit Technical Support phone number in Appendix D of your Quicken 4 for Windows User's Guide. Release Notes Quicken for Windows 4.0 Release Date for R3 : 10/11/94 Release Date for R4 : 10/29/94 Release Date for R5 : 12/14/94 Release Date for R6 : 1/10/95 Fixed in RELEASE Financial Calendar 1. Changing a register transaction's destination account to a new 3 account no longer overwrites an existing transaction in the new account. 2. Deleted electronic payees that are transmitted to Checkfree no longer 5 appear in the Financial Calendar QuickFill list. Startup/Help 3. The Visa name was removed from the About Quicken window and the 3 initial Quicken 4 startup screen. OS/2 2.11 and 3.0 Warp 4. Fixed some compatibility issues with OS/2 2.11 and 3.0 that 4 caused GPFs, specifically in USER.EXE. Add-Ons 5. Quicken now handles hyphens in the filename or pathname 5 when starting up Quicken with a specified file. An example is DATA-94. 6. Quicken now detects when a user is running TaxLink, IDD 5 Tradeline, or other Quicken add-on application, and warns the user to exit the add-on before exiting Quicken. Find/Replace 7. Fixed intermittent GPF that occurs when the Find All window is closed. 5 Register 8. Entering only the subcategory in the category field now QuickFills 5 both the parent category and subcategory, as in Quicken 3. 9. The drop-down calendar is now consistently available after 5 QuickZooming from a report or reconcile window. Scheduled Transactions 10. Scheduled loan payments now retain their address information 5 when the transactions are entered into the register. Write Checks 11. Address information is now retained if the check is QuickFilled 5 into the register. 12. Fixed general redraw problems in the Write Checks window. 5 13. The date in the Write Checks window no longer resets if you 5 advance to the next field using the mouse. Install 14. The latest TAX.SCD file is now installed. 6 List 16. Users no longer see a warning message about automemorizing 5 transactions after their list becomes 50% full. Reconcile 16. Reconcile highlight color has been set to dark blue to avoid 5 contrast problems with the highlighted text. 17. The cleared status of a reconciled investment transaction that is 5 a transfer is no longer affected by reconciling the checking account that contains the other side of the transfer. Online (AFS) 18. A new QCOMM.DLL file, version R1.6, fixes: 5 a) Digicomm modems cannot dial with "AT E DT". b) "S0=0" is required in the init string for some modems to hang up properly. c) Display of QCOMM version number in Qlinklog.txt. 19. A new TIBLITE.DLL file, version 1.0.0.1, fixes a crash and 5 corrects the way TIBLITE sends messages to the client. Printing 20. Printing with a Chicago-compatible printer driver no longer causes 6 Quicken to crash. Intuit Marketplace 21. Intuit product prices are now updated. 6