Quickbooks Error 6147 occurs when the user attempts to access or open a client company file or its backup. In this blog post, we will briefly explain the various causes, symptoms, and how you can resolve Quickbooks Error -6147.
Quickbooks Error 6147 causes
Quickbooks Error 6147 usually occurs due to the following reasons:
- The backup file path is incorrect.
- Corrupt or damaged QuickBooks company files with the .QBW extension
- A backup file’s name must be exceeding the 210-character limit
- An incorrect Quickbooks desktop installation
Quickbooks Error 6147 Symptoms
In order to identify the error, look out for the following symptoms
- Windows starts running slowly
- The system crashes frequently with the error code
- A problem has occurred, and the system has been shut down.
- Windows is unable to respond to keyboard and mouse inputs
- The error 6147 occurs when the active program crashes.
Quickbooks Error 6147- methods to resolve
One of these processes will resolve your issue:
Run Quickbooks File doctor
QuickBooks users must install the QuickBooks File Doctor tool. This utility tool assists the users to resolve errors that are associated with the corrupted company data & network errors. You can directly go to the official website of Intuit to download the Quickbooks file doctor
Back-up file in every location
Make sure that, your Quickbooks backup file name is correct and it is not exceeding the character limit which is 210 characters, if it exceeds the character limit or has an incorrect name then go to a new location and restore the backup files by following these steps:
- Ensure that the system isn’t running in a multi-user environment.
- Restore the backup files stored on the system.
- Check if the error code still exists later.
- If the error code still exists – change the QB Company file name to one that doesn’t contain characters over 120.
- Check the error code again.
Run Quickbooks install diagnostic tool
The QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool is the best way to search and fix damaged company files. If the tool doesn’t help, follow the Intuit data damage repair instructions.
Rename the ADR files using auto data recovery
Rename the ADR files using auto data recovery in order to resolve Quickbooks error code 6147 by following the steps:
- To begin with, open the folder that contains the QuickBooks company file.
- The user then needs to locate the .ADR folder.
- And then find the latest ADR file in the folder.
- The next step is to right-click that file and rename it .qbw
Conclusion
Hope, the steps that are mentioned above fixes the Quickbooks error 6147, it also might be a possibility that the error might still pertain, if your error still pertains then head for the official Quickbooks support.