Unable to import QIF - Quicken 2015 Home and Business

Unable to import QIF - Quicken 2015 Home and Business

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Quicken would not import created QIF file. Error message indicated file was unreadable.  



Workaround:  Found the webpage listed below.  Maually modified QIF file as directed, after which import was successful.



https://qlc.intuit.com/questions/dQMNaWtX4r3OK1acfArQA8?legacy=true

pld*** Tue, 12 Apr 2016 - 14:15

Instructions from linked page



Open the qif file in Notepad and add the following four lines at the very 

beginning of the file: 



!Account 

NMyAccount 

Txxxx 





substituting the exact Quicken name of the account you want to import to for "MyAccount";

and substituting from the following list for "xxxx":

1.) "Bank" for checking or savings accounts 

2.) "CCard" for credit card accounts 

3.) "Invst" for investment accounts 



"Save" the qif file. 

Oph*** Sun, 22 Jan 2017 - 16:58

In reply to by pldoolittle

"...add the following four lines..."

WHAT four lines? It would help if the lines were formatted as lines, rather than one string.

I followed the link to the cited page, but it appears it now opens the general forum for searching.

pld*** Mon, 9 May 2016 - 23:03
CSV*** Sun, 14 Oct 2018 - 01:36

I have exported the file (see attachment on this issue) and it seems to have worked,

I mapped as