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QuickBooks company files list from registry

If you wish to see the list of previously opened company files that would be displayed inside QuickBooks when QuickBooks is open, but no company file is open, without opening QuickBooks, you can query the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intuit\QuickBooksCommon\QBFinder using the reg query command. E.g.:

C:\Users\JDoe>reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intuit\QuickBooksCommon\QBFinder

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intuit\QuickBooksCommon\QBFinder
    0    REG_SZ    c:\users\jdoe\documents\quickbooks\csi\c.s.i.qbw|23|professional
    1    REG_SZ    c:\users\jdoe\documents\quickbooks\moonpoint\moonpoint.qbw|23|professional

The .qbw files displayed would be ones you could select by clicking on them from the "No Company Open" window inside QuickBooks. The "|23|professional" at the end can be ignored, if you only want to know the file names and locations. The directory path and file names displayed can then be used to backup any relevant QuickBooks files to another location for archiving, for instance, without needing to open QuickBooks.

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QuickBooks company file needs to be updated

If you see the following message when you attempt to open a company file from a prior version of QuickBooks in QuickBooks 2013, which prevents you from opening the file, you will need to provide a user name and password for a QuickBooks account that has administrator level access to the file instead of the account credentials you are using.

Warning

This company file needs to be updated. Please ask your QuickBooks Administrator to update the file.

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