how to get a warning before entering a transaction into the same account

GO2 said:

where do i find the preference for a 'warning' when entering a catagory that is to same account ? i seem to recall this in the past but no longer get this warning. thank you for your help

Do you mean you're recording a transaction into your "MyChecking" account with Category = "[MyChecking]"?
And the "transfer back into the same account" warning doesn't pop up any longer?
Try resetting the Quicken warnings in Edit / Preferences / Alerts & Messages.
I'm not sure if this takes effect immediately or if a Quicken restart is necessary.
Also please review the settings in Preferences / Notify, just in case some settings changed on you.

GO2 said:

Brillant! the reset worked (closed quicken program and reopened), thank you. any suggetion on how to find/sort for transactions that were entered into the same account?

• Sort register by Category (doesn't work for Split category transactions)
• Edit / Find/Replace to find all Category = [MyChecking], including splits, then carefully select and change the ones you need to change.