What if Quickbooks cannot use the path to open the company file?

QuickBooks is used by a lot of mid-sized and small business owners for tracking their financial activities. But what if QuickBooks cannot use the path to open the company file? Is this a big problem? And how can this be solved? These are some of the bigger questions that people have in mind while getting this error on the desktop.

There are a lot of reasons why this might be happening on your computer but here are some common ones. Majorly this happens when there is a damaged file in your Quickbooks. Or you might have just damaged your hard drive. Whatever be the cause, here are some important things that you should have a look at. The Quickbooks cannot locate the path; it is a problem that needs to be fixed quickly.

What can trigger the Quickbooks path not found error?

Maybe there are a lot of reasons why you are having this problem but here are some of the common ones. You can have a look at these and then move on to the troubleshooting part.

•    Maybe the company file name is beyond the required limit.
•    The QBUSER.INI file got either corrupted or deleted.
•    You might have just corrupted or damaged the hard drive.
•    If you are using the outdated version of Quickbooks.
•    Another reason is damaging the .ND and .TLG files.
•    The program files have got corrupted then also this can happen.

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Solution: Renaming the .TLG and .ND files

One of the reasons why you might have been facing this problem is due to the corruption or deletion of .TLG and .ND files. And if there are copies made from these files, then also you might get the problem. In order to fix that, you can take this solution.

•    Start the process by navigating to the company file location. 
•    Open the folder and spot all the files with an extension of .ND and .TLG file.
•    Start by renaming the .ND files by simply putting an extension in front of them that’s “.OLD” and you have to do that for each of your files.
•    Once they are done, you need to repeat the same process for all the .TLG files as well.
•    Make sure you do not leave any of these files because it will be problematic for you.
•    Once done, close your Quickbooks software and then shut down the device. 
•    When you relaunch the application, you will not have to face any problem. 

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Conclusion

If Quickbooks cannot use the path to open the company file; it can become a serious problem many times. You will have to make sure that the problem is solved as early as possible. And if the above- mentioned solution didn’t work; try connecting with our technical team members. They will not only help in diagnosing the problem but also give a better solution. 

You will be helped and assisted right from the diagnosing process to the troubleshooting part.