QuickBooks is used all across the globe by large to small enterprises for taking care of daily accounting and paperwork activities. QuickBooks comes with several powerful tools and features that assist companies in efficiently handle all accounting activities, like accounting books, manage and pay bills, send invoices, and complete payroll and many more. However, despite being so advantageously designed and beneficial to use, QuickBooks is not immune to errors and technical glitches. In this post, we are going to talk about QuickBooks error 6000 83, which falls under the category of the 6XXX series and usually takes place when a user tries to open the company file, located on the server at a different place, directly from any workstations. There can be many reasons causing such a company file that we aim to explain to you along with the troubleshooting solutions ahead in this post.
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What can be the reasons behind the occurrence of QuickBooks error code 6000 83?
QuickBooks error code 6000 83 gets triggered when the user accidentally sets more than one system as the server to host the company file in multi-user mode. Even there can be other reasons also, like the ones we have mentioned below:
- There can be some issues with the company file itself.
What needs to be done to rectify QuickBooks error 6000 83?
Solution 1) Make corrections to the QuickBooks multi-user hosting settings
- On any workstations where you see the multi-user error, open the QuickBooks Desktop application.
- From the top menu bar, choose the File menu.
- Hover the cursor over the Utilities option.
- From the Utilities side menu, choose the Stop Hosting Multi-User Access option if it’s there. However, if the Host Multi-User Access option is there, ignore it and move on to the next workstation.
After checking the multi-user hosting settings on all workstations, move on to the server computer (the computer that hosts the company file).
- On the server computer, open the QuickBooks Desktop application.
- Select the File menu from the top menu bar.
- Hover the cursor over the Utilities option.
- From the Utilities side menu, choose the Host Multi-User Access option if it’s there. However, if the Stop Hosting Multi-User Access option is there, ignore it.
Solution 2) Run the QuickBooks File Doctor tool to fix the company file issues
- On the computer, get the QuickBooks Tool Hub application of the most recent version (1.5.0.0).
- Click on the downloaded installation file named QuickBooksToolHub.exe and then do as per the on-screen instructions.
- Complete the installation of QuickBooks Tool Hub by accepting the terms and conditions.
- Double-click the icon of QuickBooks Tool Hub to open the application.
- From the left panel, choose the Company File Issues tab.
- Click on the Run QuickBooks File Doctor option and then choose the Browse and search option to select the company file.
Note: Generally, the company files are located in the QuickBooks folder that you can open by navigating to the following path: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Intuit\QuickBooks\Company Files.
- After selecting the company file, click on the Check your file option, and then click on the Continue button.
- When prompted, type the admin password of QuickBooks and then click on the Next button.
Conclusion:
If you are unable to rectify QuickBooks Error 6000 83 even after going through both the troubleshooting solutions mentioned in the above post, then there is a great possibility that the company file has been completed damaged. Therefore, our suggestion for you is to restore a backup copy of the company file in QuickBooks Desktop on the server computer and check if this fixes the error or not. You can also ask for further troubleshooting help rectifying the company file error from our QuickBooks support team at the toll-free number 1.800.579.0391