QuickBooks provides a seamless bookkeeping experience to its users with fast accounting and secure storage of financial data. But the software also fosters issues that can randomly cause the software to malfunction. QuickBooks Won't Open or crash after opening if its program files get severely damaged. If QuickBooks suddenly stops working on your PC, this blog will help you learn about the conditions that develop the issue and ways it can be treated.

Reasons

QuickBooks fails to open on a computer due to the following circumstances -

• The company file opened in the software is damaged, and the software develops issues when it tries to process it.
• QuickBooks isn’t able to run its background processes due to restrictions from the Windows Firewall.
• QuickBooks data has suffered and causes an error when the software tries to open.

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Solutions

The methods to eliminate this launching issue from QuickBooks are discussed below-

Solution 1- Open another company file suppressing QuickBooks and use the software in Admin mode

QuickBooks might fail to start if the previously opened company file in the software gets damaged. You must check if the issue is caused by a damaged company file or other factors in the software by suppressing the software and trying to open a different company file. Follow these steps -

• Type ‘QuickBooks’ in the search panel and wait for the software icon to appear in the results.
• Press the Ctrl key on your keyboard and launch the software.
• Keep the key pressed until the No company open window appears or the software generates an error.
• Try opening a different company file in the No Company Open window.
• If you fail to access a different company file, you must try running the software in Administrator mode. This mode provides the software.

special permissions to access the files in the system drives and prevent its processes from getting blocked by the Windows Firewall. Use the following steps -

• Open the folder containing your QuickBooks files using File Explorer.
• Right-click the QuickBooks launch icon and tap Properties.
• Go to the Compatibility tab and single-click on the Run this program as Administrator checkbox to mark it.
• Try to open QuickBooks.

Jump to the next method if the software fails to open.

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Solution 2- Fix the issue using the Quick Fix My Program tool

The software can also malfunction due to internal glitches that might develop due to defective software installation on your computer. The software might fail to start or crash a few seconds after opening. Use the following steps to fix the issue using the QuickBooks Tool hub -

• Run the QuickBooks Tool hub and go to the Program Problems menu.
• Click the Quick Fix My program available in the drop-down list.
• Wait until the tool runs and repair the software.
• Reopen QuickBooks.

The software will start without any issues after applying the methods.

Conclusion

This blog gives a complete understanding of why QuickBooks Won't Open on your computer. You are now aware of the conditions that cause this issue and the steps you need to take to fix it. We hope you executed the methods, and QuickBooks is now running errorless on your computer.

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