Peachtree 2004 "This is not a valid company" error

Posted by blincolnw@gmail.com on May 25, 2007, 5:30 pm

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Hello,

I'm having a problem with Peachtree 2004. We have it setup so that
it runs from two workstations and all the peachtree data is stored on
a file server on the LAN. We're in the process of replacing the file
server so I have copied all the peachtree data from the old server to
the new server.

The workstations have this network folder mapped as drive Z. When I
change the mapping of drive Z to point to the new server (which has an
exact copy of the data on the old server) and then I try to open the
company I get an error that says "This is not a valid Peachtree
company. Please try again."

If I put a new installation of peachtree 2004 on a third computer I
can open the company. So I uninstalled peachtree from one of the
other workstations, rebooted, and reinstalled peachtree 2004. Still
it says "this is not a valid Peachtree company, please try again."
Although it will open the old folder with no problem.

Can anyone help me? Please?

Posted by Laura on May 25, 2007, 9:56 pm

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> Hello,

> I'm having a problem with Peachtree 2004. We have it setup so that

> it runs from two workstations and all the peachtree data is stored on

> a file server on the LAN. We're in the process of replacing the file

> server so I have copied all the peachtree data from the old server to

> the new server.

> The workstations have this network folder mapped as drive Z. When I

> change the mapping of drive Z to point to the new server (which has an

> exact copy of the data on the old server) and then I try to open the

> company I get an error that says "This is not a valid Peachtree

> company. Please try again."

> If I put a new installation of peachtree 2004 on a third computer I

> can open the company. So I uninstalled peachtree from one of the

> other workstations, rebooted, and reinstalled peachtree 2004. Still

> it says "this is not a valid Peachtree company, please try again."

> Although it will open the old folder with no problem.

> Can anyone help me? Please?

How are you getting the company onto the bad computer? Try making a PT
backup file on another computer and then do a restore into a NEW company on
the bad one. Your error message implies that you are missing a file on that
machine which is causing PT to not recognize the company.

Posted by blincolnw@gmail.com on May 30, 2007, 11:50 am

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What I did was Copy all the data from the existing server and paste it
all onto the new server. I have checked and I don't see any missing
files but i will try the backup.

> How are you getting the company onto the bad computer? Try making a PT

> backup file on another computer and then do a restore into a NEW company on

> the bad one. Your error message implies that you are missing a file on that

> machine which is causing PT to not recognize the company.

Posted by Laura on May 30, 2007, 1:11 pm

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Is this PT complete accounting or PT accounting? If it is complete if you
want, I could try opening the company file if you e-mail it to me at
soundbookkeeping at gmail dot com. Just zip all of the files in the company
folder if you don't have a working backup file (ptb).

> What I did was Copy all the data from the existing server and paste it

> all onto the new server. I have checked and I don't see any missing

> files but i will try the backup.

>> How are you getting the company onto the bad computer? Try making a PT

>> backup file on another computer and then do a restore into a NEW company

>> on

>> the bad one. Your error message implies that you are missing a file on

>> that

>> machine which is causing PT to not recognize the company.

Posted by blincolnw@gmail.com on May 31, 2007, 11:17 am

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> Is this PT complete accounting or PT accounting? If it is complete if you

> want, I could try opening the company file if you e-mail it to me at

> soundbookkeeping at gmail dot com. Just zip all of the files in the company

> folder if you don't have a working backup file (ptb).

It is PT complete.

> > What I did was Copy all the data from the existing server and paste it

> > all onto the new server. I have checked and I don't see any missing

> > files but i will try the backup.

> >> How are you getting the company onto the bad computer? Try making a PT

> >> backup file on another computer and then do a restore into a NEW company

> >> on

> >> the bad one. Your error message implies that you are missing a file on

> >> that

> >> machine which is causing PT to not recognize the company.