Restoring backup requires re-authorization of many banks

DoctorBrown
DoctorBrown Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭
edited January 15 in Download, Add/Update Accounts (Windows)

I recently had a need to restore an automatic backup of my main data file. After the restore, all but one of my FIs displayed this symbol next to the account name:

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I was required to re-authorized the accounts. Is this the way it is now when restoring a backup? Am I doing something wrong?

P.S. I may have posted this in the wrong forum.

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  • BK
    BK Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭

    @DoctorBrown , What you are experiencing is not unusual. In fact one of Quicken's support articles mentions that when restoring from a backup you may have to reauthorize some accounts. I don't remember which support article and if I find it I will add the link.

    This typically impacts the EWC/+ connections and it is random. DC connections remain uninterrupted.

    I recall that a few years ago using a backup was pretty straight forward and I'd do it frequently. That is no longer the case as you experienced.

    - Q Win Deluxe user since 2010, US Subscription
    - I don't use Cloud Sync, Mobile & Web, Bill Pay

  • DoctorBrown
    DoctorBrown Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the reply. Yea, it's all the increased security since they started requiring you to actually authorize the access of your data at the banking sites. Just more of an annoyance now.

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