Continuing on my discussion from 2023 (see below), I suggest that Intuit enable the ability for the "Quicken Background Agent From Quicken For Windows" (baagent.exe) to enable unattended updating for multiple Quicken Data Files.
Why this is needed:
As more data is stored, Quicken can slow down. My workaround was to separate Investments into a different QDF file than where Banking and Credit Card Transactions are saved. This significantly speeds up the one-step updates and keeps my investments separate from banking transactions.
Because the Scheduled Updates can only work with the last account configured for updates, only one Quicken Data File gets updated. So for example if you go on vacation and leave your computer on, only one of your Quicken accounts is updated. Then you have to manually run a one step update for every other Quicken file.
So it is both practical and a big timesaver for those of us who want scheduled updates to occur for multiple data files.
Quicken could implement this using command line arguments or better still, enable the ability to use the Tools>Schedule Updates to stick with the file where the schedule is configured.
Vote if you think this is a good idea! Perhaps someone at Quicken will notice this too!
