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Alternatives to Validate and Repair

Tim Hemphill

My quicken for Windows starting locking up (and pegging one of my CPUs) on startup. So, I started a full repair protocol of uninstalling Quicken, renaming my file, rebooting, reinstalling Quicken, and attempting a Validate and Repair on the old file. It has been pegging one of my CPUs for two days. What are my alternatives?

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NotACPA

It sounds to me like your data file is hopelessly corrupted. Which would mean that restoring from a backup is your only choice.

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NotACPA

It sounds to me like your data file is hopelessly corrupted. Which would mean that restoring from a backup is your only choice.

mshiggins

Is the data file size growing while the CPU is pegged?

splasher

Sounds like you have a runaway reminder that is stuck adding a transaction again and again.

Set your computers date back a week or so in the past and then try starting Quicken.

Tim Hemphill

The file I am validating is still the same size as my copy. Not that it matters. If it is bad, it is bad. Time to restore a backup!!! Thanks, all.

NotACPA

@actually, try @splasher's comment before you restore the backup. Low odds of that being the issue, but less trauma-filled than restoring the backup (and needing to redo everything since the backup).

lagunajim

I just discovered that "Super Validate and Repair" is broken in the current release version of Quicken for Windows. It crashes during processing, leaving the file account balances a mess.

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So, don't try to validate for the time being and use your file normally if you are able to. I'll be reporting my findings.