Quicken is and has been extremely SLOW -rebrand it as SLOWEN

Mario66

I just don't know how to make my voice heard - Quicken has been slow for years! I see comments from the development team as "hardly anyone reports problems",… not true - lots of open and closed threads about this topic. - Also, stop the excuses. I have top of the line PC, running the latest version of everything, not on cloud drive, no antivirus, etc… The slow performance is not my issue, it is something built into the architecture of Quicken, which Quicken has to seriously face. It cannot be only me that is experiencing this slow perfomance. Every click is an exercise in patience! on every function. I am OK with the Synce being slow, because you can blame the institution servers and whatnot. But every click on a new transaction, reassignment of categories, etc is just not fair.

My file path is: C:\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Desktop\Documents\Quicken

My file info is the following:

I hope you can help and build a better app

NotACPA

Your fundamental problem is that your Q data file is stored in a folder that's managed by OneDrive … and OneDrive is interfering with Q's operation.

Move your file to a non-OneDrive folder and direct the Backups to the OneDrive folder, which should help with your performance issue.

Boatnmaniac

@Mario66 - I agree with @NotACPA . You said you are not on a cloud drive but the path you posted shows "OneDrive" which is a cloud drive.

I'm guessing you did not know that and did not put your data file there. One of the few bad things about MS is that every once in a while there is a major software update and without seeking any user permission the update will default personal files to this OneDrive folder. So, after every MS update I check to make sure none of my personal files and folders are saved there and then make sure that the OneDrive folder is disabled. I used to like OneDrive because I thought I would be able to simply backup my personal local drive files there on a demand basis. But then I found out MS seems to not understand what on-demand backups are and is constantly backing up my personal files in real-time. I (and many others posting on the Internet about this) do not want our local drives hijacked in this manner.

BTW, you might want to take a good look inside that OneDrive folder. I'm guessing you will be surprised to see how much of your personal files are being actively saved to the OneDrive cloud account.

Jim_Harman

The first thing I would do would be to put your working file in a path that does not include OneDrive. It is OK to store backups in a directory that is controlled by OneDrive, but storing working files there has been known to cause problems.

See if that helps. Also what specifically is slow about Quicken - Downloading transactions? Entering transactions? Particular accounts? How slow?

You have a lot of Memorized Payees. Do you really need that many? If some of them are variations on the same real Payee, you can use Renaming Rules to reduce the number you need.

Go to Tools > Account list. If the "# of transactions" column is not displayed, click on options at the bottom and check it. How many transactions are in the slow accounts? Are the accounts with fewer transactions noticeably faster?

Please let us know what you find.

Gary Norton

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20529083#Comment_20529083

Can you further explain where to find my working file (Mine looks line One Drive also) and how to move it to a local 1TB Drive

NotACPA

The path to your current Q data file is shown at the bottom of the FILE menu dropdown.

But, the easiest way to move it is to use the Windows file move/copy function.