What will happen to my existing Peachtree company after I install the upgrade? Your data will be converted to the new Peachtree Accounting format the first time you open your company. Once you convert your company to the new release, you cannot use your data with any prior releases of Peachtree Accounting. For that reason, […]

What will happen to my custom reports, forms, and financial statements? They will be converted for use in the new Peachtree Complete Accounting format. For more information, see “Conversion Issues” on page 35. I’m having problems using Peachtree Accounting and my large system fonts. Peachtree Accounting does not support large system fonts in your Windows

I tried opening Peachtree Accounting, and received an error that read “Btrieve initialization failed due to invalid transaction file. Please delete the Btrieve.trn file, exit Windows and retry.” What happened? Btrieve, the underlying database structure used by Peachtree Accounting, has a limit of approximately 50 characters in the directory path name. For instance, you could

I’m not using a network now, but I plan to in the future. How should I install Peachtree Accounting? Install Peachtree Accounting now as a normal stand-alone computer, not attached to a network. When it’s time to change to a Network Installation, reinstall Peachtree Accounting on all machines, using the Network setup. If you decide

I get an error message during installation that says it can’t read or copy a file. What should I do? Your computer is having difficulties installing one of the files from a compact disc or diskette. Try installing the program on another computer. Turning off screen savers and virus checkers may also help. If you

I’m getting a message that says “Setup initialization error due to insufficient memory” or the message “Cannot find Status.dat” and/or “Options.dat.” How can I correct it? Peachtree either does not have enough memory to load these files or it cannot find the files to load. If Peachtree is on a network, check your network connections.

Why am I getting a “Btrieve version 5.10 is too old” message when I attempt to start Peachtree Accounting? Peachtree Accounting currently uses the Btrieve database engine (version 6.15). When other programs, using an older version of Btrieve (such as version 5.10), are loaded into memory first, you will get this error when attempting to

I’m starting Peachtree on a workstation across the network, and I’m receiving the message “Cannot open F:PEACHWSTATUS.DAT or OPTIONS.DAT.” What do I need to do to correct it? Peachtree either does not have enough memory to load these files or it cannot find the files to load. First, check your network connections. You may have

I’m installing on a Novell Network version 3.12 or higher work station, and am getting a “could not remove file” message. Why is Peachtree Accounting not installing on my network? The problem can be resolved by updating your Novell VLM version to 1.2 or higher. As a work-around, you can remove the read-only attributes of

I’m running Peachtree Accounting on a network, and I frequently receive the message “The record in file ‘Customer.DAT’ is currently in use. Please try again when it is available.” What can I do about this? When running in a multiuser environment, such as a network, Peachtree Accounting uses Record and File Locks to prevent more