How to locate your Reckon Accounts Business Range data file (QBW), backup file (QBB) or portable file (QBM)

Launch the Reckon Accounts software.

Click on the File menu and select Close Company

You should now see the No Company Open screen.

There you will see a listing of the data files that have been recently opened.

If you select the data file name it will display the current location of that data file.

You can click on the "Open or restore an existing company" button to navigate to the file if you need to copy/move/rename it.

Or take note of the location and use the Windows File Explorer to navigate there.

If the file you are looking for is not one of the recently opened files or does not appear on the list, then you can use the built-in Windows Search function.

You can look for files by including their name or search for specific file types.

  • Company data files have “.QBW” file extension 
  • Backup files have “.QBB” file extension
  • Portable files have “.QBM” file extension

For example if your company is called "TEST2019", you can search for that or "TEST2019.QBW"

This may bring up multiple results, so you need to check which one is a 'Reckon Accounts Company File'

The company file will typically have a red icon alongside the file name.

If you are looking for a backup file or a portable file, the same principle applies.

Need more help?

Ask the Reckon Community at: https://community.reckon.com/

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