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QuickBooks is one of the most amazing bookkeeping software. Sometimes we face issues like QuickBooks Desktop won’t open. This is one of the major issues as it can affect business severally but it can be easily fixed if you come to know about the route cause of the issue as it has many issues that QuickBooks Desktop doesn’t start like QB .exe file gets corrupted, Computer gets hung and many more. In this article, we will see what are the causes of this issue and how to resolve it.

Cause for QuickBooks won’t Open Error Message
Various reasons for QuickBooks Desktop Doesn’t start are as follows:
1. Our Operating system doesn’t support QBs anymore.
2. The QuickBooks version is outdated.
3. QuickBooks .ini file gets corrupted.
4. The Company name is too long.
5. Installation of the QuickBooks is not properly done.
6. The hard drive gets corrupted.

Methods to Fix QuickBooks Doesn’t Start or Won’t Open Issue
Method 1: Restart your PC
Sometimes the computer gets hung so we should close all the running programs of the computer and restart or reboot the computer.
1. Go to the Start menu on the computers.
2. Click on the power button and select the reboot option.
3. After restarting again, open QuickBooks Desktop.

Method 2: Download QuickBooks Tool Hub and Run
It is a very amazing tool used to fix common errors in QuickBooks.
1. Close QuickBooks
2. Then download the latest version of QuickBooks Tool Hub.
3. After downloading open the .exe file, follow the instructions and agree to the terms and conditions.
4. Then after installation open the QuickBooks Tool Hub.
5. Then it diagnoses QuickBooks and its data files which will take some time.
6. When it is done, restart the computer.
7. Open QuickBooks Desktop and check the problem in the company file.

Method 3: Close QBW32.exe process
1. By right-clicking on the Window taskbar select the start task manager option.
2. Then click on the processes tab and select the image name option.
3. After that, locate and select the exe file and click on the end process.

Method 4:QBWUSER.ini File Renaming
1. Just by deleting or renaming the .ini file issue can be resolved
2. In the file, explorer tries to find the QBWUSER.ini file if unable to find it enable the hidden files and folder option.
3. Once the QBWUSER.ini file is found right-click on it select the rename and delete option.
Note: QuickBooks automatically renames the .ini file.

Method 5: Windows Admin User New Create
1. Open control panel select user account option then task manager account and then click on “Add”.
2. Enter the name and domain of the administrator and click on the OK button.
3. Select the finish tab and it will transfer to the User Accounts box and click OK.

Hope this small article solves the problem of the QuickBooks Desktop Won’t Open issue. If there is any query related to the topic or to QuickBooks consult QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Contact: +1-818-295-3510.