can I transfer a program from old computer to new iMac without setup disc

[vjaaan]

I have a Quicken program on my Dell pc. I am setting up a new iMac running Catalina. I don't have a disc drive to re-install my Quicken (on my Windows that will run on Parallels). How can I transfer that program to my iMac?
Thanks.
vjaaan

 

[Fishrrman]

How did you install it onto the PC?
From a DVD?
From a floppy disk?

What you might try (no promises):
Go to the PC
Connect the Quicken install disk/DVD, then...
Plug in a USB flashdrive.
Copy the contents of the Dell install disk to the flashdrive.
Take the flashdrive to the Mac, and see if it can be installed that way.

But isn't there a new Mac version of Quicken you could use instead?

 

[vjaaan]

I'll try that. There may be a new version, but I don't want to buy a whole new program. And, actually, I think it only comes as a yearly subscription type of deal now.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Just interjecting…I know that Quicken 2009 for Windows still runs in Windows 10.

 

[vjaaan]

Just interjecting…I know that Quicken 2009 for Windows still runs in Windows 10.

Do you know if they discount them when they are older? That might be a possibility.
Thank you.

 

[vjaaan]

Would the Quicken setup file that installed my Quicken 2014 on Windows be called qwwin.dll?
If I coped that to Windows on my new compute, would that install the program?
Never mind. I found the install file.