Setup has detected an installation of EasyStart, you cannot upgrade from EasyStart and/or Accounting

Legacy KB ID: 2020

Question

Why do I get the message ' Setup has detected an installation of EasyStart, you cannot upgrade from EasyStart.' during installation?

Answer

You cannot upgrade from Quickbooks EasyStart 2005/06 to any other Quickbooks 2005/06 version.

If you have a previous version of Quickbooks installed and you have installed the Quickbooks EasyStart or Accounting 2005/06, and now want to upgrade to a higher version, follow these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor (To do so go to start > run, type regedit and click OK)

2. Double click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Intuit > QuickBooks Registration.
3. right click on the version of EasyStart/Accounting (eg. 2005/06 is 14.0), select rename, and change type 'old 14.0' and press enter.

You should now be able to install your upgrade.

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