Restore your Company file in QuickBooks

1. Restore your Company file in QuickBooks In this post we will learn how to restore your company file in QuickBooks Desktop. Are you unable to locate your file? QuickBooks can restore your company file to get you back to business in no time! What is QuickBooks company file? A Quickbooks company file is where you store financial records of your company., so it’s the first thing you need to work on in the program. You can create a company file from scratch or convert records that you previously kept in a different small-business accounting program, Quicken, or even another edition of QuickBooks like QuickBooks for Mac. When need to restore QuickBooks company file If your computer crashed or incomplete installation or error such as Quickbooks error code 6010 or you need to undo recent changes, use a backup company file to restore your accounting data. This lets you go back to one of your save points if you ever run into problems. How to restore company file? The restoring of file depends upon their types If company file is in the format of .qbw then  Open QuickBooks.  Go the File menu and open or restore Company file  Click on Open a company file, and select Next  Now open the appropriate folder, then select the company file If file is windows backup file(.qbb)  Go the File menu and open or restore Company file  Now choose the option Restore a backup copy  Click on Next  Select Local Backup and click on Next  Browse your computer for your backup company file. It’s format is like: [Your company name].qbb.  If you're ready, then select Save. If you get any messages about possibly overwriting your data, select the option

2.  that best fits your needs. Don't overwrite anything unless you know you want to.