quickbooks 2008 file associations

Posted by QBConsultant on February 13, 2008, 10:44 am

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> > Gary Roach wrote:

> >> I'm upgrading from Quickbooks 2007 Pro to Quickbooks 2008 Pro. The

> >> associations for the .q* files (eg. .qbw) still point to 2007 so when I=

> >> double-click on a .qbw file, up comes 2007 instead of 2008. What's the

> >> correct way to get the desire behaviour? Do I have to change the

> >> association myself? Seems like something's wrong with the installation

> >> process if I have to do this manually. Thanks.

> > You did understand that you had to uninstall 2007 before installing 2008=

> > if you wanted the file associations to be as you describe. =A0Otherwise =

they

> > are correct.

> That's an interesting statement. I tried double clicking on a 2007 file an=

> it errored out. I could double click on a 2008 file and it would launch

> correctly. A check of the file associations in windows explorer shows

> Quickbooks Laucher as the program to open the file. I would have expected

> either the last program installed OR the version last used on that file to=

> open up.

You aren't just double click on the file name are you? You can do
that with a Word or Excel file and it will start the program.
However, that will NOT work with QB files. You need to start QB and
then select File, Open or Restore and select the file name from
there. I hope that helps.

Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA
Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Complete Guide to
Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
http://www.SuccessfulQuickBooksConsulting.com
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g/dp/1434810690

Posted by QBConsultant on February 13, 2008, 10:50 am

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> > Gary Roach wrote:

> >> I'm upgrading from Quickbooks 2007 Pro to Quickbooks 2008 Pro. The

> >> associations for the .q* files (eg. .qbw) still point to 2007 so when I=

> >> double-click on a .qbw file, up comes 2007 instead of 2008. What's the

> >> correct way to get the desire behaviour? Do I have to change the

> >> association myself? Seems like something's wrong with the installation

> >> process if I have to do this manually. Thanks.

> > You did understand that you had to uninstall 2007 before installing 2008=

> > if you wanted the file associations to be as you describe. =A0Otherwise =

they

> > are correct.

> That's an interesting statement. I tried double clicking on a 2007 file an=

> it errored out. I could double click on a 2008 file and it would launch

> correctly. A check of the file associations in windows explorer shows

> Quickbooks Laucher as the program to open the file. I would have expected

> either the last program installed OR the version last used on that file to=

> open up.

Oops--in my last reply I was talking about qbb or qbm files that you
have to be in the QB Program to open. When you double click on the
qbw it should open in the last version of QB that is was opened in--so
if you updated the file & used it in 2008, then it would now open in
2008.

Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA
Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Complete Guide to
Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
http://www.SuccessfulQuickBooksConsulting.com
http://www.amazon.com/Successful-QuickBooks-Consulting-Comprehensive-Startin=
g/dp/1434810690

Posted by Laura on February 13, 2008, 11:35 am

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> > Gary Roach wrote:

> >> I'm upgrading from Quickbooks 2007 Pro to Quickbooks 2008 Pro. The

> >> associations for the .q* files (eg. .qbw) still point to 2007 so when I

> >> double-click on a .qbw file, up comes 2007 instead of 2008. What's the

> >> correct way to get the desire behaviour? Do I have to change the

> >> association myself? Seems like something's wrong with the installation

> >> process if I have to do this manually. Thanks.

> > You did understand that you had to uninstall 2007 before installing 2008

> > if you wanted the file associations to be as you describe. Otherwise

> > they

> > are correct.

> That's an interesting statement. I tried double clicking on a 2007 file

> and

> it errored out. I could double click on a 2008 file and it would launch

> correctly. A check of the file associations in windows explorer shows

> Quickbooks Laucher as the program to open the file. I would have expected

> either the last program installed OR the version last used on that file to

> open up.

Oops--in my last reply I was talking about qbb or qbm files that you
have to be in the QB Program to open. When you double click on the
qbw it should open in the last version of QB that is was opened in--so
if you updated the file & used it in 2008, then it would now open in
2008.

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That's how it is supposed to work. Can you think of any reason why I get an
error message on a 2007 qbw file but the 2008 works as expected?

Posted by dpb on February 13, 2008, 11:42 am

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Laura wrote:
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> That's how it is supposed to work. Can you think of any reason why I get

> an error message on a 2007 qbw file but the 2008 works as expected?

What's the error?

As for a reason, I can think of several--the first being that something
in the '08 file format isn't compatible w/ '07.

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Posted by Laura on February 13, 2008, 12:39 pm

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> Laura wrote:

> ...

>> That's how it is supposed to work. Can you think of any reason why I get

>> an error message on a 2007 qbw file but the 2008 works as expected?

> What's the error?

> As for a reason, I can think of several--the first being that something in

> the '08 file format isn't compatible w/ '07.

I had my QB versions messed up. I forgot that 2008 is only installed on my
other computer.

It was 2006 (did not work) & 2007 (worked). And of course, I can't replicate
the error this morning. Double clicking on the 2006 file worked as expected
with no error message.