Restore a Backup of your Company File in QuickBooks

Learn how to fix a backup of your company file in QuickBooks Desktop.

Do you need to repair a backup of your employer file? We exhibit you how.

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Restore a backup company file

1. From the File menu, select Open or Restore Company.
2. Select Restore a backup copy and select Next.
3. Choose Local Backup and then select Next.
4. From the Look In drop-down, choose the location of the backup file.
5. Select the backup file from the folder. The file name should appear as [Company Name].qbb.
6. Select Open and then select Next.
7. From the Save in drop-down, choose the location where you want to save the restored file.
8. In the File name field, type a new file name. (Note: The Save as type field will automatically populate QuickBooks Files (*.QBW).
9. Select Save.
10. Carefully study and respond to any messages that show up earlier than restoration begins. Select No if, at any time, you receive one of the following messages:

• [Filename].qbw already exists. Do you wish to replace it?
• You are choosing to overwrite an existing company file. Are you sure?

If you select Yes, your restored file will overwrite the current file. To keep away from overwriting it, enter a temporary filename with a .qbw extension in the file identify field. When you are positive the restored file is working properly and consists of the correct data, you can rename the restored file to the original file name which will safely overwrite the unique .qbw file.

If you have Assisted Payroll, you may additionally get the following message after restoring the file:

This QuickBooks file may be lacking some of the payroll facts that you have already despatched to the Payroll Service. Before creating any new transactions, you need to fix the lacking data via clicking Send Payroll Data from the Employees menu and then clicking the Send button.

Only pick out Send if the Items to Send area incorporates 0 paychecks for $0.00. If there are transactions listed, you can also ship duplicate transactions to the payroll service. Contact payroll support to take a look at what gadgets have already been sent.

Only select Send if the Items to Send field contains 0 paychecks for $0.00. If there are transactions listed, you may send duplicate transactions to the payroll service. Contact payroll support to check what items have already been sent.

Reset your password

Your records  has NOT been restored if you failed to enter the correct admin password. Don’t worry! You can use the Automated Password Reset Tool!

Your data has NOT been restored if you failed to enter the correct admin password. Don’t worry! You can Use the Automated Password Reset Tool!