It contains do-it-yourself articles, training, and expert advice to name a few. To help you get familiar with QuickBooks Desktop, you can check out this page: User Guides. They can update it on your behalf so you can immediately restore it to the QuickBooks Desktop 2019 version.

Choose Update Now to start the upgrade.Īdditionally, in case you don't want to go through every version to restore your friends company file, I'd recommend contacting our QuickBooks Desktop Support team.

You can select Change this default location to save the backup in a specific folder.

Before you upgrade, QuickBooks automatically creates a backup of your existing company file.

Browse your computer for your company file.

Click Restore a backup copy and then click Local backup.

Go to the File menu and select Open or Restore Company.

Open your new version of QuickBooks Desktop.

To upgrade your company file, here are the steps: This ensures the software is compatible with the computer to get the best experience in using it. Then, restore the file in between.īefore doing so, please know the system requirements for the 2019 version. With this, you're unable to restore the company file directly from 2007 to 2019. I'm here to provide further details about this.Īs you've mentioned above, it has a large length of time between the QuickBooks Desktop Pro 20 versions. You're correct, Your friend should first backup his QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2007 version company file as qbb before restoring it to a newer version. If you have additional questions, you can tag me.

Select either Message an Agent or Talk to a Specialist.

Enter ' Upgrade company file to new QuickBooks version' in the description field, then click Continue.

I'll also share this reference on how to upgrade your company files after switching to a new version of QuickBooks Desktop.Īlthough, if you feel uncomfortable doing these steps, you can contact our customer care support so an agent can guide you through the process. Until you can restore and open it to QuickBooks 2019. Once you're done opening it to each version, you'll have to create a backup copy and restore it to the next one. I'll share the link on where you can download these versions.

We'll start to open and upgrade your file to the 2012 version, then 2015, and 2019. This way, you can open it to QuickBooks 2019.

So, what we're going to do is to open your file to different versions. More likely, you're unable to install QuickBooks 2007 due to system requirements. I'll help you upgrade your company file, Smitchell22.

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