This VBScript automatically detects your installed version of QuickBooks Desktop, locates the QBW.INI file, and modifies it to disable annoying popups (upgrade prompts, marketing messages, upsell notifications, and more).

disable_quickbooks_desktop_popups.vbs

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
qbVersions = Array("2024", "2023", "2022", "2021", "2020")
iniPath = ""

' Loop through possible QuickBooks versions
For Each version In qbVersions
    path = "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks " & version & "\QBW.INI"
    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    If objFSO.FileExists(path) Then
        iniPath = path
        Exit For
    End If
Next

' If no file found, show error and exit
If iniPath = "" Then
    objShell.Popup "No QuickBooks INI file found. Ensure QuickBooks is installed.", 10, "QuickBooks Pop-Up Fix", 16
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Read INI file content
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(iniPath, 1)
iniContent = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close

' Define settings with comments
newSettings = "[MISC]" & vbCrLf & _
    "INTUIT_ACCOUNT_DISABLED=1   ; Disables Intuit account login prompts" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLESHOWFEATUREPOPUPS=1  ; Stops feature-related popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEPRODUCTUPGRADE=1     ; Prevents upgrade notifications" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEONLINEUPSELL=1       ; Stops upsell popups for online features" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEPAYROLLUPSELL=1      ; Stops payroll upsell prompts" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEMARKETINGMESSAGES=1  ; Blocks marketing popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLESPONSOREDMESSAGES=1  ; Stops sponsored content popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEUPGRADE=1            ; Prevents forced upgrade messages" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLECLOUDMESSAGES=1      ; Blocks cloud-related nags" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEMAILINGLISTPOPUP=1   ; Prevents mailing list signup popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLESURVEYS=1            ; Stops QuickBooks survey popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEREMINDERS=1          ; Disables general reminders popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLETIPS=1               ; Prevents QuickBooks tips popups" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLEWELCOME=1            ; Stops the welcome screen" & vbCrLf & _
    "DISABLERATINGREQUEST=1      ; Prevents rating/review requests"

' Find the [MISC] section and insert settings at the top of it
If InStr(iniContent, "[MISC]") > 0 Then
    iniContent = Replace(iniContent, "[MISC]", newSettings, 1, 1, 1)
Else
    iniContent = iniContent & vbCrLf & newSettings ' Append if [MISC] not found
End If

' Write back the updated content
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(iniPath, 2) ' Open for writing
objFile.Write iniContent
objFile.Close

' Show success message
objShell.Popup "QuickBooks popups have been disabled!", 5, "QuickBooks Pop-Up Fix", 64

Nice! I'm going to test this on Quickbooks Pro 2021- although I don't know that this and newer versions have the same startup options.