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Posted by Haskel LaPort on March 28, 2008, 2:48 pm
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> Look for a file that ends in .QBW. This is the actual file that runs when
> you open a company. Once you have QB reinstalled, find the QBW file on
> your
> desktop and load that onto your laptop. Then just navigate from within QB
> to that file and open it.
>
> Sure sounds like somebody messed with your laptop while you weren't
> looking.
Because end users don't screw things up enough on their own we need to
fabricate a mystery somebody to explain what happened. I don't think so.
>
> Although once I did have a MS Money file mysteriously disappear. I opened
> up
> explorer, the file was there. It wouldn't open. Then when I looked again,
> it
> wasn't there. It would not come up in a search. Had to restore a backup
> and
> catch it up to present.
>
> But for the whole program installation to disappear,
> I think you had to have some "assistance" for that to happen.
>
> Especially if you had a 2006 and 2007 version both installed, and for both
> now to be gone.
>
>
> GC
>
>
>> Laura:
>>
>> When you say "actual file" please be more specific...
>> Should I copy everything to a flash drive in the folder Documents and
>> SettingsAll UsersDocumentsIntuitQuickBooksCompany Files
>>
>> Thanks!
>>> You can transfer the file 2 ways:
>>>
>>> a) copy actual file to laptop via flash drive or other removable media.
>>> use File>>open company option on laptop.
>>> b) create a backup file *.qbb on desktop, transfer file to laptop and
>>> use
>>> the Restore option to get to your data.
>>>
>>>> Now I have done an install - but I have all my invoices, customers etc
>>>> in my desktop - can I simply copy to a zip file and do this???
>>>>
>>>> Or - what is the next step??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Gary:
>>>>> The search only brought up Sample Service Baed Business and Sample
>>>>> Product Based Business.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Search for files with an extension of QBW or QBB, see if that turns
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wello - this is a good one. I have Quickbooks 2007on my laptop Vista
>>>>>>> machine. There was a database and everything was up to date as of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> end of October. Yesterday when I went to use the computer after
>>>>>>> several months of inactivity, everything was there except
>>>>>>> Quickbooks - it is gone. There is no database either and when I go
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> load it, it asks if this is a new or open old file. When I go to do
>>>>>>> that, there is nothing!
>>>>>>> HELP
>>>>>>>
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