How to Fix QuickBooks Error -6177, 0 on Windows/Mac?File Repair Tool Blog

QuickBooks is considered as one of the most popular accounting software but when it does not work properly, then it shows an error and after that it looks like it is very difficult to handle. Mostly the reason behind such errors are networking issues, running old edition of the software, corrupted data files, firewall issues, not properly installing the software and many more. Therefore it is very important for all QuickBooks users that they should backup daily of QuickBooks data file. This is because if your file becomes corrupt or damaged by showing an error when try to open it, and then you can restore it from the previous days backup.

When you open the QuickBooks file, then you may see the error message:

“QuickBooks is attempting to open this company file. Before you can open the company file from your computer you must first open the company file on the computer where the company file is located (6177, 0)”.

Reasons behind the error– This error points out that QuickBooks could not use the path to open the company file.

Resolution– You will get here methods to resolve this issue. There is a possibility that you will resolve the issue with the first method otherwise you need to try the other methods. Mentioned below are the methods that you should use to repair the error.

Resolve the error manually:

Method1: Follow the steps mentioned below to fix the issue manually.

a. Go to the computer that store QuickBooks company data file and close QuickBooks.
b. Delete the Network Description (.ND) file. QuickBooks create this file automatically.

• First open the folder that contain QuickBooks company file.
• Now locate the file with .ND extension. It will look something like CompanyName.QBW.ND.
• Do right click on .ND file and click delete.

c. Configure the QuickBooks database server manager: Follow these steps to configure it.

• In windows operating system, click on Start button and choose Programs > QuickBooks > QuickBooks Database Server Manager.
• Click the Scan Folders tab.
• Now click the Add folder button.
• Locate the folder that contain QuickBooks company file and click OK. If you do not know where files are stored, then select entire disk.
• Now click the Scan button. The display will indicate which folders are being scanned.
• When the scanning process is complete, click Close.

d. Check the company files access permissions: Make sure the QBDataServiceUserXX has full access to the folder where the company file is stored.
e. Now open the file on the computer where the error message was displayed.

Method 2: Make sure that your version of QuickBooks is updated to the latest release:

• Visit the update to the latest release web page and then select your product.
• After that follow the instructions of Automatic updates or manual updates so that you can update the product.

Method 3: Run QuickBook File Repair Tool

If all the above methods do not resolve the issue then you should use QuickBook File Repair Tool which recovers all the corrupt or damaged Quickbook files without affecting any data loss. With the help of this repair tool, you can easily resolve all the types of errors in QuickBooks file. This repair tool recovers all the transaction or dealings in their unique currencies and also able to repair QuickBooks files which are created in QuickBooks version. It has efficiency of automatic updating and recovers almost all the QuickBooks file corruption and errors.

How to Fix QuickBooks Error -6177, 0?

Step 1: Click on the ‘Select File’ button if you know the location of QuickBooks file or select ‘Search Files’ if you don’t know the location of file.

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

Step 3: To see the preview of scanned company information click on the ‘Company’ button.

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

Step 5: If you want to see the information of vendors click on the ‘vendor’ button.

Step 6: For getting employees related information click on ‘Employees’ button.

Step 7: Now 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 and you are done.