Summary – When opening certain secondary windows in Quicken for Windows, the window is positioned centered on the physical display rather than centered relative to the Quicken application window. This causes these windows to appear offset or visually disconnected from the main application when Quicken is not maximized or is positioned away from the center of the display.
Expected Behavior – Secondary windows should open centered relative to the Quicken application window, consistent with standard Windows UI behavior and with other areas of Quicken that already implement correct window positioning. For windows that users can reposition or resize, the last user‑defined window position and size should persist across sessions.
Actual Behavior – A number of Quicken secondary windows open centered on the physical display, regardless of the position or size of the Quicken application window.
Reproducibility Examples – This behavior occurs immediately and does not always require any specific workflow:
- During program launch: The Quicken splash screen appears centered on the monitor rather than relative to the position where the Quicken application window will open.
- Immediately afterward: The Data File Password window opens centered on the monitor rather than relative to the Quicken application window.
- When editing account settings: The Edit Account Details window opens centered on the monitor rather than relative to the Quicken application window. This occurs whether the window is accessed by right‑clicking an account and selecting Edit/Delete Account, or by opening Tools > Account List and selecting Edit for any listed account.
- During One Step Update (OSU):
- The Vault Password window opens centered on the monitor.
- Immediately afterward, the One Step Update Settings window (listing accounts to be updated) also opens centered on the monitor.
- During OSU Processing: The One Step Update Progress window appears partially outside the Quicken application window, neither centered on the monitor nor centered within the Quicken application window, indicating inconsistent placement logic.
These windows consistently open relative to the physical display rather than the Quicken application window, and in some cases do not align with either center point.
Additional Observations – Some Quicken windows already behave correctly — either opening centered relative to the Quicken application window or reopening at the last user‑positioned and user‑sized location. Saved Reports that have been repositioned or resized reopen at the last user‑defined position and size, demonstrating correct window‑state persistence. Newer windows in the Family Enterprise module also consistently open centered relative to the Quicken application window. These examples confirm that both correct positioning behavior and correct window‑state persistence exist in the current Quicken UI framework, but they are not applied consistently across all windows. For example, repositioning or resizing the One Step Update Progress window is not preserved for subsequent use.
Final Observation – This behavior is reproducible across multiple systems, window configurations, and display arrangements.
