I’ve been working on my QuickBooks for a while today, but when I tried to open my company file just now, I got a weird error message with QuickBooks Error codes 6190 and -816. It says “QuickBooks is Unable to Open this Company File.” This is frustrating because I haven’t made any changes to the file or the software recently.

I’ve done some searching online and found that -6190 might be related to a mismatch between the company file and the transaction log file, or even another user trying to access it at the same time. The -816 code doesn’t seem to be as common.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

I closed and restarted QuickBooks completely.I checked for updates and made sure I’m running the latest version.

Unfortunately, the error message is still there.

Since this seems like a trickier issue, I was hoping someone might have some additional ideas for how to fix it. Here are some specific things I’m curious about:

Could there be other reasons for these error codes besides a file mismatch or another user accessing the file?Is there a safe way to try repairing the company file myself, or should I avoid that?If it is a network issue because the file is stored on a server, are there any specific checks I can do on that end?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

​I’ve been working on my QuickBooks for a while today, but when I tried to open my company file just now, I got a weird error message with QuickBooks Error codes 6190 and -816. It says “QuickBooks is Unable to Open this Company File.” This is frustrating because I haven’t made any changes to the file or the software recently.I’ve done some searching online and found that -6190 might be related to a mismatch between the company file and the transaction log file, or even another user trying to access it at the same time. The -816 code doesn’t seem to be as common.Here’s what I’ve tried so far:I closed and restarted QuickBooks completely.I checked for updates and made sure I’m running the latest version.Unfortunately, the error message is still there.Since this seems like a trickier issue, I was hoping someone might have some additional ideas for how to fix it. Here are some specific things I’m curious about:Could there be other reasons for these error codes besides a file mismatch or another user accessing the file?Is there a safe way to try repairing the company file myself, or should I avoid that?If it is a network issue because the file is stored on a server, are there any specific checks I can do on that end?Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  Read More

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