Quicken Takes Very Long Time to Start

James114

Happened before now it's worse.

Quicken Starter (version: R53.32, build: 27.1.53.32) has been taking forever to start. 20 - 30 seconds. When it does load it doesn't display the proper tab.

Any ideas?

James

Rocket J Squirrel

OK, so the problem is with QWin, not your data. I would first try installing the manual patch from here even though you're already at that version level. Failing that, I'd uninstall & reinstall QWin.

UKR

Please try this:

Before starting Quicken Pause Microsoft OneDrive (there's a Taskbar icon to control OneDrive)
Start Quicken and see if it performs any faster
Resume MS OneDrive when done using Quicken.

James114

I have OneDrive uninstalled.

UKR

What I said above, I should have mentioned that this also applies to any other cloud backup software that you might be using.

Where is your Quicken data file located? Networked drives and/or any external USB devices are not supported as the location for your active Quicken data file.
The default location for your Quicken data files should be
C:\Users\_your_Windows_username_here\Documents\Quicken

During startup, does Quicken Sync to the Cloud server, for use with Quicken on the Web or the Quicken Mobile app? Or does it perform a One Step Update? Or both?
See Edit / Preferences / Startup for settings and to select the Startup Location view.

James114

As I said OneDrive is not installed on my system.
My data is located on a partition of my C: drive.
If Quicken is syncing to the Cloud I'm not aware of it. Quicken gives me no indication it is.
Not sure what Startup has to do with this but I'm starting Quicken in the 'Bills' tab.

I validated the data file and Quicken found no issues.

Rocket J Squirrel

Try holding the CTRL key while starting Quicken. This causes it not to open a data file. That should tell you whether the startup slowness is inherent in Quicken or due to the data file.

James114

Same thing. Started slow.

Rocket J Squirrel

OK, so the problem is with QWin, not your data. I would first try installing the manual patch from here even though you're already at that version level. Failing that, I'd uninstall & reinstall QWin.

James114

Reinstalling seems to have worked.

James114

I spoke too soon.

Quicken once again is taking forever to load.

Even events within Quicken takes forever.

Was ok after reinstall yesterday.
I made no changes to my system and Windows 11 instaled no updates.

James114

I've just about had with Quicken!

I spend more time troubleshooting this app then I do managing my accounts.

I don't know why it's acting like this but I won't have worry about it anymore.

RalphC

Create a new test data file in a non-Onedrive path. (Saying that you've got your data file on the C Drive doesn't necessarily mean you don't have it in a Onedrive path as the Onedrive path is on the C Drive by default.) Does it load quicker? If so, the data file you're attempting to load is probably corrupt.

James114

I don't have Onedrive installed.
My data is on drive E, which is a partition on C.
Also, it takes very long to load, but once it does, everything I do in Quicken is extremely slow.