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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:09:47 -0500, "Bill Eastway"
<beastway@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I  have been using QB Pro 2000 with all the latest updates.  We purchase
>2001 and try and upgrade...won't open my 2000 database...says its version
>5.0 or earlier (which its not).
>
>Can anyone shed some light or help on what to do next as the instructions
>that come with the CD are sadly lacking.
>
>Regards
>
>Bill

An expanded version of this QB File Repair Procedure will 
soon be on my website, with the biggest list of QB error codes.

Delete QBWINLOG in the program folder of the version of QB
you use. Then do Windows, Closeall, File, Utilities, Rebuild 
in that version. Check the new QBWINLOG with Wordpad to see 
if there are reported errors. If so, use the Audit Trail or Find to 
find the first bad entry. Write down its details before you delete 
it, so you can enter it later. Repeat this until there are no errors 
if you can. Upgrades rarely work if there are any errors and 
you may soon be unable to open a file with errors if you keep 
using it. Either start a new file or pay Intuit to see if they can 
repair it. 

Once the Intuit Developer version is out next year we should
be able to do more about condensing very big files.

If you can get an error free file you can upgrade. You should 
know what version AND release you have. Hit Windows, 
Closeall, Ctrl 1 and look right near the top of the window. The 
current QB2001 Release R2P is not file compatible with the 
R1P version initially sold. This also applies to QB6 R3 and
QB99 R3, which are not file compatible with QB6 R2 and
QB99 R2. Of course, QB5, 6, 99, 2000 and 2001 are all
incompatible with older versions. You can go up, not down.
You also can import from Quicken, but not export to it.

You must give later versions or releases that are not file
format compatible permission to upgrade the format (say 
YES or OK). They make you make a backup in the old 
format. The QB2001 R2 format had to be changed to fix 
a bug, as Intuit knows such changes cause problems
when clients and accountants cannot read each other's
files. This made QB2001 R1P unable to read R2P and 
later files.

You also can Restore a Backup copy of the file, like the
one you had to make when you upgraded, provided it 
is not damaged.

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