Vault password prompt at Windows startup

Question

I have an automatic update scheduled, and told Quicken to prompt for the vault password when Windows starts. Most of the time this happens  but sometimes it doesn’t.

Is there a way to force the scheduler to prompt for the password without rebooting Windows and and hoping it takes?

Marvin Gardens · Answer

I agree that this is not a Quicken problem, You can't blame it for not asking for the password when no one (Windows)  told it to.   The next time this happens I'll see if the Quicken Background Agent is running, and if not, try running bagent.

Thanks

GeoffG · Answer

Ah, that is problematic, but since you are having this issue with other processes, it does not sound to be a Quicken specific issue. It sounds as if something may not be set or installed correctly with Windows, but I cannot think of what may be at issue. The program you are looking for is named bagent.exe and resides in the application/quicken folder typically on C:

I also see a config file that I'm including if you want to compare with other problem startup processes.

Marvin Gardens · Answer

Sorry. I wasn't clear.   Normally when I reboot Windows I get a popup asking for my vault password. Quicken remembers it and uses it for every scheduled update, But sometimes when I reboot I do not get that popop.  This often happens  after applying Windows updates, which often means Windows restarts 2 or more times.    I think Windows is somehow forgetting to start the background Quicken task that asks for the password. Quicken is not the only background process that is affected., Sometimes I have to manually start other background tasks that are supposed to start automatically when Windows reboots..

Instead of rebooting again  is there a way to just manually start that Quicken task?

BTW I'm running Quicken Premier on Windows 11