How do I disable Quicken update nag?

[Nestor]

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.

[Jim H]

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.

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Jim

[Nestor]

I should have mentioned. Quicken is now ignoring the check box.

[RBroz]

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....

[Nestor]

Thanks, that seems to have worked. At least I got a message box saying I
will no longer be prompted to update.

Good trick.

[marc]

responding to
http://www.beansmart.com/quicken/how-do-i-disable-quicken-update-nag-38738-.htm
, marc wrote:
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.

[Jake]

responding to
http://www.beansmart.com/quicken/how-do-i-disable-quicken-update-nag-38738-.htm
, Jake wrote:

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.

[Marc Auslander]

I'm trying to kill the upgrade nag which occurs once in a while, so I
can't even try the run as adminstrator trick. Any suggestions?

[Jake]

responding to
http://www.beansmart.com/quicken/how-do-i-disable-quicken-update-nag-38738-.htm
, Jake wrote:

> marcslists wrote:
>
> I'm trying to kill the upgrade nag which occurs once in a while, so I
> can't even try the run as adminstrator trick. Any suggestions?
>

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..

[Joey]

replying to RBroz, Joey wrote:
Worked for me to!!!!

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[fatboy]

replying to Nestor, fatboy wrote:
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.....

[William J. Lehman]

replying to Jake, William J. Lehman wrote:
This didn't work for me either in 2013 version.

[William J. Lehman]

replying to Jake, William J. Lehman wrote:

"Where" is the reminder box when opening with run as administrator? Didn't
see one.

[DRHGuy]

replying to fatboy, DRHGuy wrote:
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.

[Carl Wood]

replying to RBroz, Carl Wood wrote:
I just tried this and it worked for the 2016 version of Quicken. Thanks.

[kenn...@gmail.com]

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.

[jason.j....@gmail.com]

THANK YOU!!! That totally worked.

[clui...@comcast.net]

I'm running Quicken 2016 and did this. The checkbox needs to be cleared before clicking the upgrade button for it to work I found.

[GetEven]

replying to Nestor, GetEven wrote:
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.

[Andrew]

GetEven wrote:
> replying to Nestor, GetEven wrote:
> 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.
>

I doubt it. They (Intuit) haven't had owned Quicken for a year :-)

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- Andrew

[Tyler Benner]

replying to kenneth63, Tyler Benner wrote:
That suggestion worked PERFECTLY. Thanks!

[CNY Carol]

replying to Nestor, CNY Carol wrote:
We have Quicken 2015, upgraded to 2017,WHAT A MESS! We keep a copy on the
main PC and another on my laptop. 2017 demands that I pay for EVERY device I
have it installed on.

[danbrown]

No it doesn't. The End User License Agreement permits you to install Q on up to 3 personally owned devices. Just bring the Q2015 up to Q2017 by installing Q2017 on that PC also.

[Zaidy036]

On 8/14/2017 2:34 PM, CNY Carol wrote:
> replying to Nestor, CNY Carol wrote:
> We have Quicken 2015, upgraded to 2017,WHAT A MESS! We keep a copy on the
> main PC and another on my laptop. 2017 demands that I pay for EVERY
> device I
> have it installed on.

You are wrong.

Q2017 can be installed on many but will not share a data file across LAN
or iNet.

My data files are on a SD card which I move from my desktop to my travel
laptop to access when away from home.

[Colin G]

replying to Jake, Colin G wrote:
I was running Quicken 2001 in the UK but it issues problems when updated
computer to Windows 10 so installed Quicken XG 2004 instead. This version gave
me the annoying upgrade message upon every opening of the software....going
into the programme folder and finding the exe launcer file qw.exe and changing
the properties to "Run as Administrator" solved the issue straight away.

[Kevin]

replying to kenneth63, Kevin wrote:
Just tried this with Quicken Premier 2013 and it worked perfectly - thank you
for sharing !!!

[StuckIn70s]

I'm using Quicken 2016 Home and Business, have had success turning off upgrade nag with these steps:
o Nag occurs about every 4-7 days.
o Change computer date to one week in advance of current date.
o Launching Quicken “As Administrator” from shortcut.
o Uncheck the reminder and cancel the dialog.
o Reset computer date back to current date.

[Robert Wilson]

replying to kenneth63, Robert Wilson wrote:
I found a fix for the upgrade nag using Quicken 2013 Premier. Find the
app/roaming folder on your machine. On my Windows 10 machine, the path is
c:\Users\Username\Appdata\Roaming. From this Roaming folder, go to the
\intuit\quicken\config folder. You should see a file named QUSER.INI. Double
click on it to open it. To make sure that quicken is using this QUSER.INI
file, notice the number after the ExecNum= (in my file, it's the 2nd line).
Exit out of the QUSER.INI file. Restart Quicken. Quit Quicken. Open the
QUSER.INI file. the number after ExecNum= should have increased by 1. If this
is the case, change the number to 0 and save the file. Exit QUSER.INI and
right click the file. Select Properties. Under the attributes section,
select read only. This prevents Quicken from changing the number after
ExecNum=. I found that if the number is less than 4, the nag screen doesn't
appear. Note: Before doing this, make sure that the most recent files list
is the way you want it. Quicken won't be able to change this list. This is
not a problem for me, since I use the same file every time.

[Music Lover]

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:34:04 GMT, Robert Wilson
<06904433c167cd8735...@example.com> wrote:

>replying to kenneth63, Robert Wilson wrote:
>I found a fix for the upgrade nag using Quicken 2013 Premier. Find the
>app/roaming folder on your machine. On my Windows 10 machine, the path is
>c:\Users\Username\Appdata\Roaming. From this Roaming folder, go to the
>\intuit\quicken\config folder. You should see a file named QUSER.INI. Double
>click on it to open it. To make sure that quicken is using this QUSER.INI
>file, notice the number after the ExecNum= (in my file, it's the 2nd line).
>Exit out of the QUSER.INI file. Restart Quicken. Quit Quicken. Open the
>QUSER.INI file. the number after ExecNum= should have increased by 1. If this
>is the case, change the number to 0 and save the file. Exit QUSER.INI and
>right click the file. Select Properties. Under the attributes section,
>select read only. This prevents Quicken from changing the number after
>ExecNum=. I found that if the number is less than 4, the nag screen doesn't
>appear. Note: Before doing this, make sure that the most recent files list
>is the way you want it. Quicken won't be able to change this list. This is
>not a problem for me, since I use the same file every time.

Worked for me with Quicken 2017!

[JD Quicken 2017 Premier (Windows 10)]

This is working. Thanks Robert!

[jer...@hawaii.rr.com]

Yes, this worked for me as well. In McAfee's Firewall, you can choose to block the Quicken qw.exe. Excellent! Thank you.

[jiml...@gmail.com]

Worked for me. Thanks Robert.

[dta...@gmail.com]

Worked for me..

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 2:02:56 AM UTC-5, RBroz wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 03:20 PM, Nestor wrote:
> > On 1/10/2012 5:18 PM, Jim H wrote:

> >> On 1/10/2012 4:14 PM, Nestor wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >
> > I should have mentioned. Quicken is now ignoring the check box.
>
> 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....

[clu...@gmail.com]

[w_ka...@yahoo.com]

This worked for me although, I did have to block quickenPatch.exe also. I am running Quicken 2016 on Windows 10 and like kenn, I use Quicken as a standalone. I do not need or WANT it communicating any of my financial information across the internet. And I will never pay for subscription software. I already have a replacement in mind for when my Quicken 2016 no longer works.
To block Quicken outbound communication on Windows 10: Start> Windows Defender Security Center> Advance Settings> Outbound Rules> New Rule
I currently have qw.exe and quickenPatch.exe block from outbound communication.

[shaw.d...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:02:56 AM UTC-6, RBroz wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 03:20 PM, Nestor wrote:
> > On 1/10/2012 5:18 PM, Jim H wrote:

> >> On 1/10/2012 4:14 PM, Nestor wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >
> > I should have mentioned. Quicken is now ignoring the check box.
>
> 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....

This works!

[Brady M.]

replying to kenneth63, Brady M. wrote:
Excellent! This worked perfectly!

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[etr...@gmail.com]

On Friday, August 17, 2018 at 7:34:03 AM UTC-5, Brady M. wrote:
> replying to kenneth63, Brady M. wrote:
> Excellent! This worked perfectly!
>
> --

> 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....

I found another way to do it since I have the register appear when I start Quicken. On the register display, there is a To Do button in the lower-right corner. Click on that. In the column that opens, a One Step Update button appears. Hold down CTRL and SHIFT and click on this button. A message appears that you will no longer receive registration notifications. The upgrade prompt is not appearing any more.

[campholl...@gmail.com]

kenn...@gmail.com's suggestion worked for me on Quicken 2015. I went into Norton's firewall and blocked qw.exe and qwpatch.exe. Thank you!

[dac...@hotmail.co.uk]

[dac...@hotmail.co.uk]

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:14:48 PM UTC, Nestor wrote:
> 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.

[bake...@gmail.com]

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:18:19 AM UTC-6, kenn...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 6:14:48 PM UTC-5, Nestor wrote:
> > 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.
>

> 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.

Thank you. I too do not use any networking features and blocking the outgoing in the firewall worked great!

[jeffk...@gmail.com]

I save my data file on OneDrive and wrote a batch script to eliminate sync conflicts between computers.

[jeffk...@gmail.com]

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 8:18:19 AM UTC-5, kenn...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 6:14:48 PM UTC-5, Nestor wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.

Thank You! I wish I would have seen this comment years ago.

[pphread tech]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intuit\Internet Client\Setup]
"StayConnected"="FALSE"

[Dave Winters]

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 6:14:48 PM UTC-5, Nestor wrote:
> 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.

Go to c:\Program Files (x86)\Quicken There you will find file DPIInfo.exe Rename it to DPIInfo.exe.bak and the nagging will stop.

[davelexky]

Go to c:\Program Files (x86)\Quicken There is a file DPIInfo.exe Rename it to DPIInfo.exe.bak and the nagging stops.

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[jeffk28277]

Creating a outbound firewall rule for qw.exe and setting it to block eliminated the nag for me. A perfect and easy solution.

[RJ]

> DPIInfo.exe.bak
DIDN'T WORK

[Taxed and Spent]

On 11/17/2020 8:00 PM, jeffk28277 wrote:
> Creating a outbound firewall rule for qw.exe and setting it to block eliminated the nag for me. A perfect and easy solution.
>

Here is a copy of what has been posted previously. Give it a try.

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 5:18:19 AM UTC-8, kenn...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 6:14:48 PM UTC-5, Nestor wrote:
>> 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.
>

> 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.

[jeffk28277]

Create the outbound firewall rule as mentioned above. It will stop your nag. If you need help, PM me and I’ll send you instructions w/screenshots.

[James Gerfers]

The best and easiest way is to goto Quicken folder find file Quickenpatch.exe and rename it. Stops the NAG

[Quickdraw]

> best and easiest way is to goto Quicken folder find file Quickenpatch.exe and rename it. Stops the NAG

This */does not work/* on Windows 10. Next!

[Gary]

Some geek needs to figure this out. None of the above fixes work for me!

[L Deutscher]

Maybe you can check to see if this might work. With Quicken 2017 Home and Business, that came from former owners Intuit. New Owners bought it out, and went to annual subscriptions. I don't want to save my files on a cloud. I never use the download options either. New owners seem to give it updates and then winter of 2021-22 started telling me my Quicken 2017 "subscription" was expired. 2017 was not sold as a "subscription", but it had the download period, that I never used anyway, and that had expired long past, but this new warning of expired subscription, which was likely coming from new owners updates to 2017, started blocking Quicken 2017 Home and Business from doing my books. And with all this Covid nonsense to shut down businesses, it is not easy getting by either. This worked for me to stop that so I can continue to use my 2017 software: While holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys, click "Tools" in the menu then "One Step Update". You should get a window that says "You will no longer be prompted for registration" and Okay that. That has stopped the unneeded Intuit ID login for me, and the subscription ended blocking.

[Alan Lindsey]

On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 3:33:48 PM UTC-4, Zaidy036 wrote:
> On 8/14/2017 2:34 PM, CNY Carol wrote:
> > replying to Nestor, CNY Carol wrote:
> > We have Quicken 2015, upgraded to 2017,WHAT A MESS! We keep a copy on the
> > main PC and another on my laptop. 2017 demands that I pay for EVERY
> > device I
> > have it installed on.
> You are wrong.
>
> Q2017 can be installed on many but will not share a data file across LAN
> or iNet.
>
> My data files are on a SD card which I move from my desktop to my travel
> laptop to access when away from home.

Nope, this poster is wrong. we've been running Quicken on a local network with one shared data file for a few decades now. each machine needs an install of quicken. that's it