Quicken 2010 now nags me to upgrade every time I launch it. Used to be I
could set the nag to 14 days hence. No more, alas.
How can I disable the nag? I don't mind diddling with the register.
I'm running Windows XP.
As I recall, there is a little checkbox that says "don't show me this
again". If so, check it.
On the other hand, Quicken Deluxe 2012 is at Costco for $19.99, with
their coupon.
Try this ....in the Quicken 2010 opening screen press "CTRL+Shift" and
find and press the "ONE STEP UPDATE button" all at the same time ... you
shud get a confirmation that you won"t get prompted anymore. Worked for
me a while back....
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No. This trick gets rid of the Quicken registration nag.
Why do these companies plague paid owners of full-package software with this
crap?
Trend Micro does it as well, then does not add a whole year when entering a new
serial number.
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You have to launch Quicken with "Run as administrator" then uncheck the reminder
box. It should remember it going forward. I hate Intuit in every possible
way.
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So far launching it with "Run as administrator" and then unchecking the remind
me marketing nag box has worked for me. I haven't seen the upgrade notice since
and I've unchecked that marketing nag a dozen times prior to trying to run as
administrator and it would continue the marketing nag.
Right-click your Quicken icon (either on the desktop or in the start menu, or
find the qw.exe file in Program Files folder), and choose "Run As Administrator"
and then uncheck the marketing remind me nag box.. You will get a warning that
Quicken doesn't support run as administrator so you may want to close it then
reopen it with a normal double-click.
It has worked for me.
Note, I am referring to the marketing nag about upgrading and not the marketing
nag about registration..
I had the same problem with the 2014 version. I seem to have fixed it by
actually clicking on the upgrade link, which took me to the upgrade website.
Then I just closed the website. the next time I opened Quicken, the nag was
gone. We'll see how long it lasts.....
I have 2014 version and after I tried adding another Account it kept prompting
me with a popup upon launching that said "Critical Update Required: ...". I
take backups every day so I went to an older backup to copy all older data under
C:\ProgramData\Intuit\Quicken\ and pasted it over the same path on drive C:.
That stopped the nagging prompt. You should create a "Restore Point" just in
case something goes wrong. Also, empty your Recycle Bin on C: and highlight all
the data under C:\ProgramData\Intuit\Quicken then hit the Del key so the data
goes into the Recycle Bin and can be restored if needed. Then do the past of
the older data.
I'm running Quicken 2013 (sunset edition that I just recently installed) and none of the various fixes for stopping the upgrade nag have worked for me.
I might be unusual in this, but I don't want Quicken to "phone home" in any way. I just use it as a register and reconciler. I don't need to communicate with any banks or online at all. I enter my transactions manually.
So I set up a firewall to block qw.exe outgoing, and to my great surprise, this stopped the nag popup cold. Have not seen it since.
If you don't need Quicken's online capabilities, just create a new rule in Windows Firewall to block qw.exe outgoing.
Here is what I do, which doesn't stop it (yet).
- I click on Upgrade
- register a new fake user account
- Then abandon the shopping cart without paying
If enough people do this Intuit WILL notice.
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