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Be rid of pesky reminders in QuickBooks (Q)

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You know those pop ups that occur when you open a QuickBooks company file, that sort of look like a reminder, but are really an advertisement ‘reminding’ you to buy checks or to make a monthly back up, or an invitation to learn more about Merchant Services?  These are not part of the reminders feature, and clicking the “Mark as Done” button doesn’t make them go away. 

Wouldn’t you love to make those go away… and stay away?  Here’s how: 

First:  Find the file in the Intuit Messages folder called General.qmd and rename it “generalqmd.old”.  Keeping the original suffix of ‘qmd’ in the filename is recommended, just in case you want to recall the proper name at some point.   The exact path to the folder will depend on your operating system, so a search might be the quickest way to find it.  For Windows 7 it is C:Program DataIntuitQuickbooks XXXXComponentsMessages (with XXXX being your version of QB). 

 Next:  You’re all done!  Say goodbye to those ‘reminders’ once and for all.

 

About Lillian Aaron

Lillian Aaron is inspired by small and mid-sized businesses. She understands the challenges they face and the tenacity required to build strong, growing organizations. Since 1983, Lillian has worked with businesses as a business process consultant helping them implement and support leading-edge products that drive efficiency and profitability for diverse clients. Her friendly, one-on-one consulting style helps business owners and managers feel at ease when adopting and learning new technology systems.

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