Small and midsize business owners who don’t have accounting backgrounds will find QuickBooks useful. While keeping track of your bookkeeping needs, it can integrate with otherworldly office applications and systems. Such people can’t imagine a day of work without accounting software. Nevertheless, what if QuickBooks won’t open or take forever to start? The situation could be a nightmare for your busy schedule, and with no technical know-how, you cannot fix it quickly. Here’s what we’ll discuss in today’s blog: the reasons behind the problem and the possible solutions to help you.
Causes behind Quickbooks won’t open error
These are couple of factors that lead to Quickbooks won’t open error
- The name of the company is too long, exceeding the prescribed limit
- A corrupted hard drive can also cause problems
- When the software installation is not done properly, the user may encounter such an error
- This error may appear if the QBWUSER.INI file is missing or damaged
- The outdated operating system is another reason QuickBooks won’t open after an update.
Symptoms of Quickbooks won’t open error
The following signs and symptoms will help you identify the QuickBooks doesn’t start error:
- The QuickBooks desktop freezes when the same applications are running
- Periodically, the system may freeze
- Another symptom is an inability to open the QuickBooks company file
- The PC responds slowly to keyboard and mouse inputs
How to fix Quickbooks won’t open error
As you now know the causes and symptoms of the Quickbooks won’t open error, it is time to take action and try to fix it.
Method 1: Opening the company file in a different folder
This particular method requires the user to open the company file from a different location, since the location where the user keeps the company file might get corrupted and damaged at times, resulting in an error message. Here are the steps to follow:
- The first step is to press Windows + E
- Look for the data file with the .qbw extension. A user searching for a file on the network server must browse to the network drive where the file is located
- The user must then right-click on it and then press copy
- After that, the user must locate the C drive and create a new folder
- Then it was named QBTEST
- Next, open the new QBTEST folder and paste the company file inside
- Also, open QuickBooks and hold the CTRL key
- The user should then press open or restore an existing company and examine the C:/QBTEST folder that he built
- In the last step, the user needs to open the company file copied into the QBTEST folder
Method 2: Run Quick fix my program from the tools hub
Using the quick fix, all QuickBooks background processes will be stopped. It will run a quick repair on the program.
- The user must select program problems from the QuickBooks tool hub
- Choose the quick fix my program option
- Last but not least, start QuickBooks desktop and open the data file
Quickbooks tool hub also helps in resolving network-related errors like Quickbooks error 6150
Method 3: Disable QuickBooks desktop
A user will need to determine the cause of any damage to the QuickBooks company file. The previous company file will now be opened by the software. Follow the steps:
- The first step is to press and hold the Ctrl key, and then double click the QuickBooks desktop icon. Avoid releasing the Ctrl key until the NO Company open window appears.
- The user must then select a company file and select open.
Conclusion
Our article has come to an end and also, we hope that after reading this article and the solutions above, you will be able to resolve QuickBooks won’t open with ease.
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