If you receive an error from the QuickBooks/Quicken setup program alerting you that the. “ install.exe“, “s etup.exe”, etc.) in order to install QuickBooks/Quicken directly on your server. Locate and run the QuickBooks/Quicken setup program (i.e. On the “ Server Folders” tab, select/highlight the “ Intuit Setup Files” folder and then click on the “ Open the folder” task in the Tasks pane.ġ2. Click on “ STORAGE” in the navigation pane.ġ1. NOTE: The server Dashboard application MUST be opened from the administrator user account’s desktop (and NOT from the Launchpad of one of the computers on the network) in order to successfully install QuickBooks/Quicken directly ON THE SERVER!ġ0. From the administrator user account’s desktop double-click on the “ Dashboard” icon to open the server Dashboard application on the server. Start a Remote Desktop Connection to your server as any user account with administrator privileges.ĩ. NOTE: There may be a lot of files that need to be copied over and so this may take a while.Ĩ. Copy (drag-n-drop) ALL of the files and folders from your QuickBooks/Quicken installation CD/DVD into the “ Intuit Setup Files” shared folder. Select “ Shared Folders” from the Launchpad application and open the “ Intuit Setup Files” shared folder that you just created in step #4 above.ħ. Insert the QuickBooks/Quicken installation CD/DVD and open up an Explorer window so that you can view the contents of the CD/DVD.Ħ. Use the Add a Folder wizard that opens to create a new shared folder on your server named “ Intuit Setup Files” and grant the server’s administrator user account read/write access to the folder.ĥ. On the “ Server Folders” tab, click on the “ Add a folder” task in the Tasks pane.Ĥ. Click on “ STORAGE” in the navigation pane.ģ. Select “ Dashboard” from the Launchpad application and sign in to open the server Dashboard application.Ģ. Here are some steps to help guide you through the process:ġ.

If your server is headless and/or doesn’t contain a CD/DVD optical drive, it can be a bit tricky to install an application like QuickBooks or Quicken directly onto it.

Quicken 2015 install disk