Fix QuickBook Error: “unable to open company open file on the host server” on Windows/MacFile Repair Tool Blog

Quickbook is an accounting software application that is mainly designed for payroll management, sales, and inventory overall the software has changed the entire accounting scenario. Not only this the application is designed by keeping the specific industry needs in mind and well equipped with smart features like marketing tools, training solutions, merchant services, etc. however despite of all goodness, sometime you get disappointed with this, as along with being crucial to business. If you have used this software then you might get stuck with one of the situation mentioned below.

The following error message appears when you tries to open its company file on your Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows Server 2008 or 2003 PC, or a Linux database server:

• Error 6190, 816: QuickBooks was unable to open the company file
• “QuickBooks was unable to open the file [pathfilename] on the host computer [host name]. Try opening the file with QuickBooks on the host computer or run the QuickBooks Database Server Manager on the host computer and then try opening the file on your computer.”
• Error 6190, 82: QuickBooks was unable to open the file [patchfilename] on the host” when opening a file on a Linux server.

Do you know why such error comes up?

This error caused by a mismatch between the transaction log file (.tlg) and the company file (.qbw). It also occurs when company file is copied to a different computer and updated without the associated transaction log file.

Solution to fix:

QuickBooks Version 10

If you are using QuickBooks version 10, perform the following steps to resolve the problem:

If possible you have installed Point of Sale on client system and not server. If this is the first installation, then you need to uninstall the Point of Sale and again reinstall it on a server computer. To check that client and database server both are running properly or not:

• Stop all the running applications.
• Now restart your system.
• Open Point Of Sale.

If the problem is still there:

1. Quit Point of Sale.
2. Click to ‘Start’ button on your PC, and then tap ‘Run’ option under ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Accessories’
3. Type services.msc and click ‘OK’.
4. Right-click ‘QBPOS Database Manager v10’, and then click ‘Restart’.
5. Make a right-click ‘Intuit Entitlement Service v6’ and the click ‘Restart’.
6. Open Point of Sale.

However, if you find that the problems persist then follow the solution that is recommended by option Intuit.

Download QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool

To fix this issue you need to download and run the QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool.

If the tool finds data damage and doesn’t repair it, you can do two things:

If you don’t want to go with above mentioned solution and want sometime easy and quick solution to fix this error then you must try QuickBooks File Repair Tool, as it is the best tool to fix any type of issue happened in your QuickBooks file and recover all the files from your or damaged QuickBooks without affecting any data loss. It can also repair any type of corrupted and damaged quick book file and recover all the information related to the customers, services, vendors, employees stored in a QuickBooks.

Steps to fix QuickBooks error:

Step 1: Download and install QuickBooks File Repair Tool and click on “Select File” button if you know the location of QuickBooks files or select “Search Files” if you don’t know the location of files.

Step 2: Click the ‘Scan File’ button for scanning the selected file.

Step 3: After then, click on the “Company” button to see the preview of scanned company information.

Step 4: By clicking on ‘Customer’ button, you can see the customer related information.

Step 5: Click on “Vendors” button to see the information of vendors.

Step 6: If you want to see the information of employees click on “Employees” button.

Step 7: Click on the “Repair” button, a “Save As” dialog box will appear select version, path and then click on the ‘Start’ button.

Step 8: If repair process is successfully completed then a message will appear as “repair process completed successfully”. Now click ‘OK’ and close the box.