Adding workstations reverts invoices

Posted by Bryan on August 6, 2006, 11:21 am

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I don't have much experience working with Peachtree and have not used
the program at all but I have to take care of setting up new computers.
Every time I install Peachtree 2006 on a new computer, the people
using the program notice that their custom invoices and statements
revert back to a previous version and some recently created statements
are missing. When I install, I select network install and set the
program path to the local machine and the data path to a folder on our
server. Also in our data folder on the server new folders show up with
names such as "AAAAAAac" with mostly A's but various letters at the
end. I think this happens when I install but I haven't paid close
enough attention to be sure. We have 12 of those folders right now.
Any help would be appreciated.

Posted by Lila Godel on August 7, 2006, 8:56 pm

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Bryan wrote:

> I don't have much experience working with Peachtree and have not used

> the program at all but I have to take care of setting up new computers.

> Every time I install Peachtree 2006 on a new computer, the people

> using the program notice that their custom invoices and statements

> revert back to a previous version and some recently created statements

> are missing.

To avoid this install with the local and data path set to the local
installation path. This will prevent proper network access, but you can
easily fix this.

After installing the product navigate to C:windows. Find and double
click on the file named PXXXNNN.ini, PXXNNN.ini, PXXNN.ini, or PXXNN.ini
where XXX or XX represents the initials of your Peachtree addition (I.E.
PAA for Premium Accountants Addition) and NNN or NN represents the 1st
three digits of your Peachtree version (I.E. 130 for 13.0) as displayed
in the Build: line of the Help | About Peachtree Accounting dialog box.

Locate the line that begins with DATAPATH= and change the path to your
network data path. Make sure the last directory in the path is one
level up from the one with your company's .dat files (address.dat, etc.)
and that all portions of the path confirm to 8.3 naming conventions (8
characters followed by an optional period and 3 letters with no spaces).

If a directory does not conform to 8.3 naming conventions you can obtain
the alternate 8.3 name, by changing to its parent at a command prompt,
entering dir /x and looking in the 2nd to last column of data.

After changing the above save and close the file.

Posted by Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP] on August 8, 2006, 9:25 pm

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Another alternative is that when you're running the install, deselect the
options to install sample company data and standard forms . . . Those 12
folders are each sample company data - since the destination folder already
exists (sample data was installed by a previous installation) - Peachtree
creates a new folder.

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Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]
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> Bryan wrote:

>> I don't have much experience working with Peachtree and have not used

>> the program at all but I have to take care of setting up new computers.

>> Every time I install Peachtree 2006 on a new computer, the people

>> using the program notice that their custom invoices and statements

>> revert back to a previous version and some recently created statements

>> are missing.

> To avoid this install with the local and data path set to the local

> installation path. This will prevent proper network access, but you can

> easily fix this.

> After installing the product navigate to C:windows. Find and double

> click on the file named PXXXNNN.ini, PXXNNN.ini, PXXNN.ini, or PXXNN.ini

> where XXX or XX represents the initials of your Peachtree addition (I.E.

> PAA for Premium Accountants Addition) and NNN or NN represents the 1st

> three digits of your Peachtree version (I.E. 130 for 13.0) as displayed in

> the Build: line of the Help | About Peachtree Accounting dialog box.

> Locate the line that begins with DATAPATH= and change the path to your

> network data path. Make sure the last directory in the path is one level

> up from the one with your company's .dat files (address.dat, etc.) and

> that all portions of the path confirm to 8.3 naming conventions (8

> characters followed by an optional period and 3 letters with no spaces).

> If a directory does not conform to 8.3 naming conventions you can obtain

> the alternate 8.3 name, by changing to its parent at a command prompt,

> entering dir /x and looking in the 2nd to last column of data.

> After changing the above save and close the file.

Posted by Bryan on August 9, 2006, 2:29 pm

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Thank you both that solved my problems.

Bryan