Went in to reconcile my account against the statement. Pushed CTRL-R and got this:
If you haven't done so already, please do the following actions: • Even if you are on the latest software level already, download and install the latest Manual Patch file from https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product to ensure your Quicken software is up to date and correctly installed. • Reboot Windows. • Start Quicken. Do not run One Step Update. • Run BOTH Validate and Supervalidate to attempt to repair your Quicken data file. • If nothing helps, try to restore your Quicken data file from an Automatic or Manual backup taken just prior to the problems first occurring. https://www.quicken.com/support/how-backup-or-restore-your-quicken-data Validate and Supervalidate instructions First save a backup file prior to performing these steps Validate: • Click File • Select Validate and Repair File... • Select Validate File • If the data file contains investment accounts also select "Rebuild investing lots". • If you suspect that a damaged Quotes Price History causes your problems, also select "Correct investing price history" functions "Delete" or "Repair and Rebuild". • Click OK • Close the Data Log • Close Quicken (leave it closed for about 30 secs) • Reopen Quicken and see if the issue persists.
Super Validate: • Click File • Press and hold both CTRL and Shift keys while you click Validate and Repair File... • Select Supervalidate File • Click OK • Close the Data Log • Close Quicken (leave it closed for about 30 secs) • Reopen Quicken and see if the issue persists.
Hello @SCMichel,
Let’s try a few troubleshooting steps for this issue—these steps should resolve things for you, but if not, please come back and post more about your experience so we can investigate.
First, backup your Quicken file.
Validate:
If the issue persists, proceed to Super Validate. If the issue is resolved after performing validation, then please disregard the instructions to Super Validate. Super Validate:
I hope this helps!
This is the dialog I expected to get, and am getting again now after validating my file:
Do you have new activity that has not downloaded yet?
Note this is the second time I have seen this reported on here.
If rebooting and validate didn't fix it, I would try reinstalling Quicken.
I'm surprised that validation fixed this problem. I don't believe the dialog strings are stored in the data file. So how could validation fix this?
It wouldn't be on my suggest list either for the same reason. I only included it in my response since it was already one of the suggested things to do. As far as I know, it hasn't fixed this problem.
