But here's the real problem: the Customize dialog box has a checkbox for 'Save as Custom Report' - but every report a user generates is being saved from the instant it's created. If I don't type a name, Quicken names it for me: 'Category Transaction 4' or similar, which is okay. That has always seemed odd to me, as I often generate Quicken reports on the fly and don't want to save or name them. Marcus, another Reports UI comment: when I create a New Report, the first thing it asks me to do is name the report. Any relaunch after the initial is very fast (5-10 seconds).

As a reminded this slowness is only for the initial launch after I start may computer for the day or after a restart. Or, I guess I will have to wait for QM 5.7 and hope the team has figured this problem out. I am thinking about rolling back to 5.5.7 (because its slowness was faster) but don't know if I can since the data file was updated. By that I mean no bouncing dock icon, no spinning beachball, nothing - just wait and hope. I also notice that I don't get an indication that Quicken is launching. Now I do the same thing but when I return I still have to wait for the file to open. I used to launch Quicken, go and brew a cup of tea in the microwave for 2 minutes 20 seconds and when I returned my file was just opening. In fact I believe QM 5.6 is actually slower than 5.5.7 to launch - can it be possible.

But, alas, for me it is still as slow as ever. I had high hopes QM 5.6 would fix the very slow initial launch issue.

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