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Steffan Johnson
Steffan Johnson Sep 6 '19

QuickBooks Error: The File You Specified Cannot Be Opened




According to Intuit, the error “The file you specified cannot be opened.  Ensure that it is really not currently being used by another program or a read-only file. The Windows error is: The file exists” indicates that QuickBooks has encountered a challenge reading a file.  There are numerous situations under which the error can happen.  The cause and fix therefore varies.


If you were wanting to print a questionnaire, according to Intuit the error is probably brought on by a changed file attribute from the file QBPRINT.QBP to virtually any attribute except that archive.


Within the error occurred in that setting, consult this Intuit knowledge base article for specific steps to solve it.


If the error occurred in a predicament aside from trying to print an application, relating to Intuit the error is caused by a problem reading the business file or tax form files.  The error may possibly occur when running under Microsoft Windows Vista.  There are numerous possible fixes:


turn Vista User Account Control (UAC) off, restart, then turn UAC back on, and restart again

verify the folder permissions in the upper level program folder, such as C:Program FilesIntuit

repair your QuickBooks installation

For the specific steps to resolve this error in this setting, consult this Intuit knowledge base article.If your QuickBooks Company File Won’t Open,contact QuickBooks.



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