QuickBooks Abort Error – Causes and Effective Solutions

QuickBooks program suffers from different insidious errors that can halt the progress of the accounting work. QuickBooks abort error is one such error which occurs all of a sudden and leads to uninvited issues and sudden crashing of QuickBooks. As such, all the unsaved accounting data gets lost. Some of the major causes of this error constitute getting access to a corrupted company file, corruption of the QBWUSER.ini file, QuickBooks files getting damaged for different reasons, including other factors. The current discussion throws light on QuickBooks Abort Error by discussing the various causes and solutions to fix QuickBooks Abort error.

What causes QuickBooks Abort Error?

There are innumerable causes that could lead to the sudden crashing of QuickBooks due to the QuickBooks Abort Error. However, some of the most common ones among them are listed below:

•        The QBWUSER.INI file is missing from its original location, or is corrupted by a sudden system shutdown or a virus attack.

•        Wrong configuration of the firewall settings could be a causing a network disruption between QuickBooks and the Server, and may also have targeted QuickBooks .exe file as a potential threat.

•        System may have been switched to the sleep or hibernation mode while saving the Company file.

•        The Company file on which the user is working suffered from data damage due to sudden reasons. In this scenario, the QuickBooks Abort error is usually encountered when opening the Company file in QuickBooks, or when saving the changes made to the file.

How to resolve QuickBooks Abort Error?

The resolution of QuickBooks Abort Error is quite easy if one is well versed with the right set of troubleshooting steps to be performed for the purpose. If you want to exterminate this error, proceed as per the solutions discussed below:

1^st Solution: Running QuickBooks File Doctor tool

QuickBooks File Doctor Tool is a marvelous troubleshooting tool that can fix a broad domain of technical errors related to the Company files. To use the tool, one is required to download and install QuickBooks Tool Hub. Refer to the below given guidelines for more help.

•        In the beginning, the downloading the QuickBooks Tool Hub is required from the website of Intuit.

•        Following the download process, the user should proceed with the installation of the QB Tool Hub by double-clicking on the saved file.

•        Once culminated with the installation, the user should run the QB Tool Hub, and following that, advance to the Company Issues tab.

•        When in the Company Issues tab, the user should browse for the Company File, and then choose the same.

•        Follow that by running the scan to allow for a comprehensive diagnosis and error fixation of the issues confronting the file.

 

2^nd Solution: Checking QuickBooks status

•        The initial move requires the user to run QuickBooks as an admin, and subsequent to that, the next step is to hit on the File menu.

•        Clicking on the File menu should unravel a long list of options. From those options, the user needs to hit on Utilities.

•        Follow up by opting for the tab to Stop Hosting in order to disable the multiuser access.

•        The user should now access the company file in the multiuser mode after clicking on the multiuser mode option.

 

3^rd Solution: Renaming the QBWUSER.INI file

Damage of the QBWUSER.ini file may also be a major reason of the QuickBooks Abort Error. In such cases, the user should rename the file, and once the accounting program is restarted, a new file shall be recreated.

•        For accessing the QBWUSE.INI file, the user should first enable the hidden files and folders.

•        Once that is fine, the following step requires navigating to the following location: “[user name] AppData/Intuit/quickbooks.”

•        Now, proceed ahead by right-clicking on the QBWUSER.INI and then hitting on Rename.

•        The file needs to be renamed by incorporating .OLD at the end of the file name. Appending “.old” is preferable as this will help the user to distinguish the new file from the old one.

•        After renaming the QBUSER.ini file, the user should follow similar set of steps for renaming the .ecml file.

•        When both the files are renamed, try to work in QuickBooks again and perform your accounting tasks in the usual manner to check if the Abort error in QuickBooks got resolved.

 

4^th Solution: Creating a new admin user

The steps for the creation of a new admin use are highlighted below. This process can nullify the chances of the occurrence of the Abort error due to the insufficient permissions.

•        In the beginning, the user should tap on the Start button.

•        After that, the subsequent step is to delve into the Control Panel and then proceed into the User Accounts section.

•        Now, tap on the option to manage another Account, and followed by that, hit on the option to create a new account.

•        Follow up by filling in the username and then opting for the Administrator option.

•        Head to the Create option to finalize the creation of the admin user.

 

5^th Solution: Clean Install QuickBooks

If the 4 solutions discussed till now fail to resolve the Abort error in QuickBooks, the user should Clean Install QuickBooks either manually, or by using the QuickBooks Clean Install Tool. The manual steps are:

·         In the inception, head to the Control Panel, and then follow up to the Programs and Feature to choose QuickBooks.

·         Upon choosing the accounting program, the next step is to tap on the click on Uninstall/Change tab located above the list of programs.

·         Now, proceed with the Uninstall process by abiding by the onscreen instructions.

·         When the program is uninstalled, make a move to the QuickBooks directory and rename the QuickBooks folder.

·         Follow up with a system restart, and then reinstall QuickBooks either by using the installation disk, or by downloading the same from the official website of Intuit.

 

6^th Solution: Using Verify and Rebuild Data Feature

This holistic feature can check the Company file for any issues and consequently resolve the same. It is an inbuilt feature in QuickBooks and can be accessed through the below given steps:

The first step involves running QuickBooks and then tapping on the File menu.

•        Following that, the user should tap on the Utilities option.

•        After that, from there, opt for the Verify Data option, and tap on Ok.

•        The feature will diagnose any issues pervading within the Company file that may be laying grounds for the QuickBooks Abort error.

•        If any error got diagnosed, the user should subsequently, make an exit from this tool, and again click on the File tab.

•        Again head to Utilities to choose the Rebuild Data this time around.

•        Let the tool rebuild the company file.

•        When the process is done, end the same by clicking on Ok.

•        Now, run QuickBooks and try to gain access to the Company file again.

•        This should fix a wide range of errors confronting the Company file, including the QuickBooks Abort Error encountered while opening the file.

 

Having ventured into the different procedures to fix QuickBooks Abort error, we hope this article assisted readers in fixing this error without any technical hurdle. For technical guidance, you can directly reach out to our QuickBooks experts by calling at the helpline 1-800-761-1787.