Why My QuickBooks Won’t Open?

 

QuickBooks accounting software is mainly created for small and medium-sized companies to manage their business accounting. It helps businesses to create invoices, record incomes and expenses, send payroll to employees, etc. QuickBooks Desktop is locally installed on laptops and computers. But, sometimes, while launching it, the QuickBooks won’t open. It makes the users a little bit frustrated. If the same is happening to you and you are browsing the solutions to fix it, then this blog is for you. We are here to provide you with the keys to resolving the issue through the medium of this blog. We also explain to you the grounds for the issue. 

Why Your QuickBooks Won’t Open?

There are many reasons why you are unable to access your QuickBooks Desktop application. The issue occurs when:

• Due to damage and corruption in the QuickBooks company file.
• Installation files are missing
• When the file is already accessed on the shared network by another user. 
• When the Microsoft .NET Framework is not present in the system. 
• Due to damage to the Transaction log file.
• When you access large files or various windows can also create QuickBooks Desktop won’t open. 
• Add-ins or Extensions can also be a reason.

Due to the above reasons, your QuickBooks not opening. Now, let’s fix the problem. 

Solutions for QuickBooks Won’t Open Issue?

You can go with the mentioned measures to access your QuickBooks easily. The measures are: 

Measure 1: Quick Fix My Program 

Sometimes, the QuickBooks program gets damaged, and thus it will not open. So we will use Quick Fix My Program, the diagnostic tool of QuickBooks Tool Hub. First, download QuickBooks Tool Hub from Intuit QuickBooks. After downloading, install it on the system. When the Tool Hub installs successfully, follow the given steps:

1.     Open the QuickBooks Tool Hub.

2.     Now, click on the Program Problems tab.

3.     Choose Quick Fix My Program.

4.     The tool will scan and fix the QuickBooks program problems.

5.     After scanning, try to open QuickBooks Desktop.

 

If the QuickBooks won’t open, then head towards the next measure.

Measure 2: Use Install Diagnostic Tool

Due to improper installation of QuickBooks, some installation files go missing, which then affect the QuickBooks accessing part. So, again we are using QuickBooks Tool Hub to use the Install Diagnostic Tool. It will fix the installation issues and bring the installation files back. Now, go through the following:

 

1.     Open QuickBooks Tool Hub.

2.     Now, reach the Installation Issues tab.

3.     After that, choose Install Diagnostic Tool. 

4.     The tool will run a scan and wait for at least 20 minutes.

5.     When the Tool finishes the scan, restart your computer.

6.     At last, open the QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Measure 3: Do a Clean Installation

If the above measure doesn’t help you with QuickBooks won’t open in Windows 10 and other Windows versions, then you must do a clean installation. In this, we are going to uninstall the QuickBooks Desktop application and, after that, reinstall it. Doing so will get all the missing installation files while installing QuickBooks. By this, you will also be able to operate QuickBooks smoothly. The following are the steps: 

Uninstall QuickBooks Desktop 

1.     To initiate uninstalling, click on Windows Start.

2.     Now, use the Search to get the Control Panel.

3.     From the Control Panel, click on Programs. 

4.     After that, choose to Uninstall a Program tab.

5.     Here, a list of installed applications will show up. Browse and right-click on the QuickBooks Desktop application. 

6.     Now, click on the Uninstall option.

7.     Again click on Uninstall to confirm.

8.     In some time, the QuickBooks Desktop application will uninstall from the system. 

 

Reinstall QuickBooks

Now, we are going to re-install QuickBooks to fix the QuickBooks won’t open issue.

 

1.     Firstly, Open and Run the Quickbooksdesktop.exe file.

2.     Now, follow the on-screen installation directions.

3.     Also, check the Agree to Terms and Conditions checkbox.

4.     Click Next.

5.     When the installation ends, open QuickBooks. 

 

Wrapping Up

When QuickBooks won’t open, all the accounting work stops. It is a common issue that occurs due to the reasons mentioned above. So with this blog, we provide you with the measures to help you out. You can perform any measure, as they are simple to operate. You can also contact our ProAdvisors to get more assistance. Thank You!