The features and tools that QuickBooks Desktop provides to its users make managing day-to-day financial activities effortless. However, apart from this advantage of using QuickBooks Desktop, there are drawbacks, like its proneness to errors and bugs. This article will discuss QuickBooks error 6189 816, which a user can get while opening the company file in the multi-user mode of QuickBooks Desktop. Many reasons can cause QuickBooks error code 6189 816, which you will read ahead, alongside their troubleshooting ways.
QuickBooks error 6189 816 appears with an error message, which reads, “An error occurred when QuickBooks tried to access the company file.”
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Usually, QuickBooks error code 6189 816 takes place when too many background processes are running on the computer. However, there are other reasons also that can cause it, such as:
1. For example, the QuickBooks Database Server Manager component, which lets QuickBooks hosts a company file over the multi-user network, is damaged.
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1. Close QuickBooks Desktop if it is open.
2. Download the latest release (1.5.0.0) of QuickBooks Tool Hub from the website of Intuit.
3. Save the downloaded QuickBooksToolHub.exe file on the Windows Desktop and then open it.
4. Do as per the on-screen instructions and agree to the terms and conditions to install QuickBooks Tool Hub.
5. Double-select the icon of QuickBooks Tool Hub.
6. Go to Program Problems given at the left pane.
7. Look for the Quick Fix my Program option and select it.
8. Run QuickBooks Desktop and see if you receive any errors while opening the company file this time.
If QuickBooks error 6189 816 still occurs, proceed to the next solution.
1. Double-click the QuickBooks Tool Hub icon.
2. From the left pane, select the Network Issues tab.
3. Look for the QuickBooks Database Server Manager option and select it.
4. If you see your company file in the QuickBooks Database Server Manager component, choose the Start Scan option.
5. If you don’t see your company file there, select the Browse option to the location where it is stored and then select the Start Scan option.
6. Select the Close option when the scan to locate the company file is finished.
7. Open QuickBooks Desktop on your workstation and see whether you can access your company file now.
We hope you can rectify QuickBooks error 6189 816 after going through the troubleshooting as mentioned earlier solutions. If not, the Network Descriptor and Transaction Log configuration files, which let QuickBooks Desktop open the company file, might be damaged. Hence, we advise you to rename the Network Description and Transaction Log configuration files of QuickBooks Desktop and open the company file. For further assistance removing QuickBooks error code 6189 816, you can speak with our QuickBooks officials at +1-855-856-0042.
