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Opening Quicken 2015 on Mac
ozmalkins
When I open Quicken 2015 on my iMac or Mac Book I get the get the following pop up "Quicken 2015 needs to be installed in the Application folder'. This happens every time I open Quicken 2015. Quicken is already in the Application folder on both computers. I click 'Install' and Quicken opens and is usable. Anyone experienced this issue?
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jacobs
What version of macOS are you running?
I still have Quicken 2015 on my MacBook Pro running Mojave, and it launches without the problem you describe.
I recall a problem which occurred on rare occasion where an invisible file caused Quicken to think it needed to be installed in the Applications folder when it was already there. Try this:
Press Command+Shift+. (That's Command-Shift-Period) This command toggles macOS to show hidden files.
Open the Applications folder.
Look to see if there is a folder named "Background" containing a hidden PNG file named "background.png"
If so, that's the culprit.
Trash the Background folder.
Press Command+Shift+ again to toggle off the visibility of hidden files.
Now launch Quicken, and you should get past the issue.
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