BindContent.Exe preventing Quicken from running
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I think this has been answered (mostly)? As I mentioned before, I'm running Parallels on an Intel Mac and have the issue.
What we know —based on the reports in this thread— is that Quicken users running Parallels have the issue (both Intel and Apple Silicon, standard Windows and ARM), and Quicken users not on Parallels don't have the issue (including native Windows users and users running other VM software like Fusion).
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For those who think this is a Quicken issue, I am getting the same issue running Quicken 2013 on Parallels with an M4.
Last year, I installed Parallels and Quicken 2013 on my M1 with no issues. Yesterday, I downloaded the latest Parallels and the same old Quicken 2013 (which also has a bindcontent.exe file dated 2012) and installed it on my M4 Mac running Sequoia 15.1.1 and I am getting the bindcontent.exe yes/no screen. If I choose "yes", then virtual machine will endlessly open and close quicken very quickly due to some error. If I click "no", the last Quicken file does NOT open automatically and if I manually select it, there will be a pop-up screen telling me that I have successfully installed Quicken 2013 (even though I already opened and closed Quicken a dozen times after the install. When I close out of that pop-out, another Product Registration screen comes up with "Register Now" or "Register Later". In the past, I would click "Register Now" and get stuck on another screen but once I terminate the application in Task Manager, the registration screen would no longer come up any longer. Now with the bindcontent issue, I keep seeing the "you have successfully installed Quicken" pop-up followed by the registration pop-up.
My Quicken 2013 has not changed so I don't see this as a Quicken issue. IMHO, this is either a Windows 11 issue or a Parallels issue. I called Parallels this morning and told them what I typed above. While they were aware of the issue current subscription Quicken owners have, my issue was news to them. They are looking into it they said.
I am a bit confused still after reading a bunch. If I bite the bullet and buy a Quicken subscription and run it natively on Mac, is this bindcontent issue still present?
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Yours sounds like a different issue but definitely an annoying one. I'd recommend saving your data file (also a backup and maybe a validation), but remove the Quicken 2013 software and download a fresh copy of the most recent version (then use that to open the old data file).
Regarding Quicken for Mac… the bindcontent issue hasn't been reported there, but many of us on this forum have made at least one attempt to convert but the Mac version just isn't ready yet. If you're new to Quicken or don't use some of the more advanced features, it might be worth going with QMac though.
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Quicken Mac (native I’ve for Mac) doesn’t have the issue because there are no .exe files on a Mac!
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So this is weird.
I accidentally accepted an update for Quicken this morning— I blame exhaustion and lack of sleep from my side gig— and miraculously it worked! No UAE on BindContext.Exe, and Quicken shows as the latest version.But when I updated by test VM and re-installed Quicken, I still get the BindContext.Exe UAE and the application fails to load.
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