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Any time that you are working with a program that runs on Microsoft Windows you have to be ready to fix odd problems that can crop up. QuickBooks is no exception<\/strong> \u2013 it relies on many different components and settings in Windows to work properly, and if something isn\u2019t right then QuickBooks just won\u2019t run or install<\/strong>. Let\u2019s talk about some FREE tools that are available to you if you can\u2019t get QuickBooks to install, run or open a company file on your Windows computer.<\/p>\n

Fixing these problems can be VERY frustrating because there are an uncountable number of variations in how a Windows computer can be configured. Even if you are successful in getting things running today, the next time you get a Windows Update or install some other program, your QuickBooks installation may fail. Fortunately, Intuit provides us with several tools that can help with many of the problems that you may run into.<\/p>\n

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Note that these all refer to the Windows Desktop version of QuickBooks, and many of these tools are only available for the US version.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Reboot.bat<\/h4>\n

This has been around for a long time, but I\u2019m surprised how many advisors don\u2019t know about it. This is a simple \u201cbatch\u201d file that QuickBooks will install on your computer. This \u201cre-registers\u201d the various QuickBooks related components with Microsoft Windows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Without going into a lot of technical detail, just about any program (except small utilities) will most likely be split up into separate \u201ccomponents\u201d that are stored in your system. When you install the program the first time, the installation process \u201cregisters\u201d these components with Microsoft Windows so that it knows where they are and that they are executable pieces of the program. This stores information in the \u201cRegistry\u201d. Sometimes your \u201cRegistry\u201d can be corrupted or altered by some other program, and that may cause a QuickBooks component to be forgotten. The result would be that QuickBooks can\u2019t run properly. The components aren\u2019t deleted or damaged, Windows just doesn\u2019t recognize or find them.<\/p>\n

Reboot.bat<\/em> is a series of commands that will re-register all of the necessary program components with Microsoft Windows. This is a simple, harmless fix<\/strong> that you can try if you can\u2019t get QuickBooks to run.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find the file in the same folder where your QuickBooks file was installed. Right click on the QuickBooks program icon on your desktop and select Properties<\/em>, and then click Open File Location <\/em>(or Find Target<\/em> in Windows XP). Locate the reboot.bat<\/strong> file and double click it to start it running. Just sit back and let it run, which shouldn\u2019t take long. Then you need to reboot your computer.<\/p>\n

See Intuit KB article HOW12420<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

QuickBooks Install Diagnostic Tool<\/h4>\n

Sometimes you just can\u2019t get QuickBooks to install<\/strong>. One of the possible solutions is to run the QuickBooks Install Diagnostic Tool<\/em> (available at Intuit KB article HOW12407<\/a>). This will diagnose and repair a number of problems, with the main focus being on the Microsoft .NET Framework (usually error messages 1603, 1904, 1935 and 1722).<\/p>\n

This tool is updated often, so if you want to work with it you should always download the latest version. Unfortunately I don\u2019t see where they list the current version number (or release date) in the KB article, but the tool is small and is simple to download.<\/p>\n

QuickBooks Component Repair Tool<\/h4>\n

I didn\u2019t know about this one until my friend Alex at Intuit pointed it out to me. It can be very handy for certain kinds of problems that will prevent QuickBooks from running<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Any time you write a program that runs on Microsoft Windows you are usually relying on a number of \u201ccomponents\u201d that are provided from other sources, including Microsoft themselves. QuickBooks is very typical, and it relies on quite a few different Microsoft components. Unfortunately, there are often many different versions of these components in use by different programs that you install on your computer, so sometimes installing one program may alter the components needed by another program. This SHOULDN\u2019T happen, but it does. Diagnosing and repairing these kinds of problems can be fairly tricky.<\/p>\n

The QuickBooks Component Repair Tool<\/em> (available at Intuit KB article HOW13974<\/a>) can be used to automatically diagnose and fix issues with several Microsoft components:<\/p>\n