Manual Backup Reminders no longer occurring

@UKR Is your manual backup reminder working as intended? If so what version of Quicken are you using?

@UKR - my backup settings are the same as yours although I only keep 3 automatic backups. My manual backup goes to a "D" drive instead of the defaul "C" drive for automatic backups.

@UKR yes - please understand that I am a decades long user of Quicken. As I mentioned to you a few weeks back I am fairly certain this is not an issue specific to my computer or othes who have similarly complained. I appreciate you trying to help but I think we need to wait for @Quicken Kristina to figure this one out with the Quicken support team.

I manual backup to a USB stick, but I also still have the issue with no reminder to manually backup. My automatic backups are working fine. I have been following all and doing recommendations without success either. Since some seem to work and some not, maybe UKR has it where it is a corrupted config file. If someone has the guts, remove Quicken, and reinstall completely and reimport data. Maybe even try same on another PC or virtual PC. Forget the trial period before you need to insert a license key.

I hear ya. I have a scheduled backup for my NAS every Friday. I was just doing the manual backup prior to the start time. This was not a really big deal but knowing it works for some folks meant there was likely something about my system that's contributing to it. I did a fresh install on another PC (never had Quicken) and it worked fine. That's what caused me to look deeper.

@nmestanas - perhaps Revo uninstaller would remove those remnants more thoroughly without having to hunt around?

UPDATE: Decided to give that a try - this is what Revo said it cleaned up after the regular uninstall was complete (you have to click the check box to tell it to scan for remnants when you start the uninstall through Revo)

Don't be alarmed where it says it deleted Folders and Files. It will/did not delete the data file folders or file (including the automatic backup folder)

I set my manual backup reminder to 3, then closed and opened Quicken 3 times.

Walla! It worked! Manual backup reminder is restored.

Thanks to @nmestanas for leading me to a successful path!

But what about those of us who don't know half the words in your post? I'd be terrified to try to uninstall and deal with fragments and scrubbing leftovers. It'd be bad news at the end, and I've used Quicken for nearly 30 years. Of course, the automatic reminder is a perk that came along after about 20 years of just remembering to do it on my own. I guess I can handle going back to that. But it's kinda sad.

@eclark I hear ya. I've been a Quicken user for a long time as well. My current file goes back to 2002.

Probably more relevant is how many versions of Quicken have passed through my hard drive since transitioning to the subscription model a few years back. I likely just did an "upgrade/update" rather than a full delete and install. As I mentioned before, perhaps the issue is due to some "conflict" resulting from these past remnants. Who knows what other issues it may create?

Not suggesting this is the cure to other issues but it did fix this one.

I had tried the Reset Warnings last time it was suggested and did it again. Still no reminders. I guess I will need to bite the bullet and reinstall. I have done PC things more complicated than that before, just hoping not to spend the time. But I am spending a lot of time reading the ideas…

@eclark I share your frustrations on this type of thing and Quicken's developers lack of addressing something that was almost surely caused by an update that was not thoroughly vetted. I also understand what may be a reluctance to do the complete uninstall with the Revo Pro Uninstaller especially when the recommendation comes from someone you do not know from Adam.

I can only tell you that the Revo Pro free trial requires no credit card and the process to do the uninstall using that tool (including making sure it scans for and removes remnants) and then reinstalling a clean version of Quicken was painless and quick. You do not need to do any manual deletion of registry entries or hidden files and folders on your own. It's all done for you by Revo. It took me around 10 minutes (maybe less) to do the full process.

Lastly, I have no vested interest or connection to the Revo tool. It's just something I have used successfully over the years to do what a typical uninstall can't. Also, if I hadn't mentioned it before, I am a decades longer user of Quicken and have worked in tech since the early 80s if that provides any comfort. Think about it.

Update - the latest quicken patch issued last week broke the manual backup reminder again. Using the Revo Uninstaller as I decsribed earlier has again restored this functionality. While her efforts are appreciated, none of the suggestions from @Quicken Kristina fix this issue.

Frustrating that Quicken developers keep introducing this bug with each of their updates.

@cdennett - I use the manual backup on a separate USB hard drive in case the main drive where automatic backups are stored gets damaged.

Thanks for the answers. I also back up my entire system to two different external USB drives using two different methods plus copy important files like Quicken data and backups to my Gdrive. All done automatically. However, I run Quicken under Windows…kinda sorta. I actually use a Linux system (Fedora 40). Linux provides a package called WINE (stands for Wine Is Not and Emulator) that provides a Windows environment in which you can run Windows programs like Quicken. All the files are still in the Linux filesystem. I actually pay for a license from a company called Codeweavers for their Crossover software which uses WINE under the hood. Then all I do is create a some scripts to backup my system to one external drive using rsync, a second external drive using a backup system called borg backup and finally copy the Quicken data files to my GDrive using rclone. I'm a retired Linux/UNIX sys admin so setting this all up was not difficult for me. It's the kind of thing I used to do for work.

If by chance anyone else is interested in this, we can take it off line or start a separate thread although I'm sure Quicken would never support us.