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brimo1
December 17, 2020
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Cannot get Quickbooks Regular 2005 to load on Windows 10

  • December 17, 2020
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Hi Everyone

For the past 2 months Quickbooks support people have tried to transfer my data from my company files that exist on my version on Quickbooks ie Quickbooks Regular 2005 which is running absolutely fine on my PC running Windows 7.

That's no problem to me because Quickbooks Regular 2005 is running fine on my Win 7 PC. My problem exists in that I have a new PC that runs Windows 10 and I have installed Quicbooks 2005 on it without a problem using compatibility mode. When I come to open my saved company file latest.qbw a message comes up stating that the software needs updating and then it trips up. I have tried all the Quickbooks tools to help with getting it to work but nothing makes it run.

I'm going to try a clean install again later today and will take screen shots of every stage of the install and will post them on here. Is there anything you can suggest I do before I try this new install?

 

By the way we are absolutely fine using Quickbooks 2005 as we are not VAT registered and use the software mainly for creating invoices and keeping a record of sales.

 

Any help would be much appreciated :-)

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@brimo1 wrote:
@Fiat Lux - ASIA wrote:
@brimo1 wrote:

I did see a post somewhere, a year or so back, where someone had slowly worked his way through the different versions of Quickbooks till he reached a more modern version. I can't find the post now but I imagine he went from QB 2005 to QB 2007 then to 2011 or 2013 then to 2016 . Quite how that would be done is beyond me but someone will know somewhere.

If you can find the trial license of QBD 2010 and 2015, you may open the converted file later on the trial license of QBD 2021 prior to migrating to QB Online.

Thanks for that - where am I likely to find those trial versions?

Googling is the best option. We only keep the trial licenses of QBD US version.


Hi Guys

Just a quick message to let you know that I have solved this by creating a virtual machine on my Windows 10 computer. Into this I have loaded a clone of my Windows 7 computer on which runs Quickbooks 2005. All is up and running great.

I will now mark this thread as solved.

Thanks to all who offered help.

Happy New Year to you all

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EmmaM
December 17, 2020

 

Hello Brimo1, If you follow the full process for the clean install here  and get back to us if you have the same issue about the software pops up.-Emma

Fiat Lux - ASIA
Fiat Lux - ASIA
December 17, 2020
@brimo1 wrote:

When I come to open my saved company file latest.qbw a message comes up stating that the software needs updating and then it trips up. I have tried all the Quickbooks tools to help with getting it to work but nothing makes it run.

Any help would be much appreciated :-)

@brimo1 

You did a great job when installing your outdated version on compatibility mode Win 7. But I confused what kind of message you have encountered asking to update your QuickBooks. Can you take and share the screenshot of it?

 

 

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brimo1Author
December 17, 2020

OK guys, I deleted the old installation that wouldn't update and ran an install from the QB's CD run in Windows Compatablity mode Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Quickbooks 2005 Installed OK and ran the Sample company ie Grangeworth Kitchens.

I then thought that now would be the time to restore a backup I made from my other computer which is running Windows 7 and has my running version of Quickbooks 2005. 

The following screenshots will describe what happened next...

The first photo shows the message I got when I went to restore my company file. It was telling me that Quickbooks need to be updated.

The second photo shows the screen I got when I closed the first box and then clicked "Update Quickbooks" under File.

The 3rd shot shows the update screen then I clicked "Update Now"  It did do something minor but then I got the last screen which is where I am up to now and have been before.

I have just discovered that I can only upload one photo so I have uploaded the last screen showing the error. I have googled the error and its telling me that its a connection issue. There is nothing wrong with my connection.

To be honest if I could stop Quickbooks from wanting to update itself I'd probably be OK as I'm happy with the way this version of QB works for me.

 

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brimo1Author
December 17, 2020

No screenshot showing on previous post so here they are again. The first one here is the final one I got which is showing an error. The next one is the first one mentioned in the earlier post. Followed by No 2 screenshot and then No 3.

 

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