Quicken 2004

Very pleased to say that Quicken 2004 release2 works perfectly in Windows 10. I had to get the CDDVD player working which took some searching. Apparently Windows 10 omits the DVD player/writer in the upgrade and there is a workaround for this in regedit:
Press the key combination Windows + R and type regedit in the Run dialog box.
Now navigate in the left panel to the folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ atapi.
Right click on the folder atapi and select New-> Key.
Name the new folder "Controller0".
Click the folder you created "Controller0" and right-click on the white space on the right side.
Then select New> DWORD Value.
Name this "EnumDevice1".
Right click on "EnumDevice1" and select Modify.
Enter "1" and click OK.
Then close all windows and restart the PC.

I hope all those out there that still use this useful accounting program will benefit from this and ignore a lot of bad advice claiming that you will need a VM, you won't. If you have a disc run it, it should be fine if you apply the above instruction.
Good luck all, I have just successfully updated my year end accounts using Quicken 2004 in Windows 10.

I have used this method and it works, however when I attempt to back up to a memory stick the whole program freezes and becomes unresponsive. The computer has to be restarted. Anyone else had this problem and any one know how to solve it?
Aidan.

restorersteve said:

Very pleased to say that Quicken 2004 release2 works perfectly in Windows 10. I had to get the CDDVD player working which took some searching. Apparently Windows 10 omits the DVD player/writer in the upgrade and there is a workaround for this in regedit:
Press the key combination Windows + R and type regedit in the Run dialog box.
Now navigate in the left panel to the folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ atapi.
Right click on the folder atapi and select New-> Key.
Name the new folder "Controller0".
Click the folder you created "Controller0" and right-click on the white space on the right side.
Then select New> DWORD Value.
Name this "EnumDevice1".
Right click on "EnumDevice1" and select Modify.
Enter "1" and click OK.
Then close all windows and restart the PC.

I hope all those out there that still use this useful accounting program will benefit from this and ignore a lot of bad advice claiming that you will need a VM, you won't. If you have a disc run it, it should be fine if you apply the above instruction.
Good luck all, I have just successfully updated my year end accounts using Quicken 2004 in Windows 10.