An easy guide to resolve QuickBooks Error H202
                     A DETAILED TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR 
QUICKBOOKS ERROR H202
WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THE QUICKBOOKS FEATURES. BUT, WHILE USING THESE FEATURES, 
USERS REPORT ENCOUNTERING SOME TECHNICAL GLITCHES. IN THIS ARTICLE, WE WILL 
DISCUSS ABOUT QUICKBOOKS ERROR H303 THAT APPEARS WHILE USING THE MULTI-USER 
FEATURE OF QUICKBOOKS. GENERALLY, IT APPEARS WHEN A USER TRIES TO SWITCH 
QUICKBOOKS FROM SINGLE-USER MODE TO MULTI-USER MODE. ERROR CODE H202 APPEARS 
ON THE SCREEN WITH THE MESSAGE, “THIS COMPANY FILE IS ON ANOTHER COMPUTER, AND 
QUICKBOOKS NEEDS HELP CONNECTING.” THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN QUICKBOOKS CAN’T 
ESTABLISH A CONNECTION WITH THE COMPANY FILE STORED ON THE SERVER. IF YOU ARE 
ALSO A VICTIM OF QUICKBOOKS MULTI-USER ERROR H202, READ THE ENTIRE BLOG TO 
KNOW THE ROOT CAUSES AND FOLLOW THE SOLUTIONS TO TROUBLESHOOT IT.
ANNOYED OF GETTING QUICKBOOKS ERROR H202 WHILE SWITCHING THE MODES? 
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
OCCURRENCE OF QUICKBOOKS ERROR CODE H202?
BELOW IS THE LIST OF PROMINENT REASONS THAT TRIGGER ERROR H202 IN 
QUICKBOOKS:
1. PROBLEMS WITH THE MULTI-USER NETWORK AND MISCONFIGURED HOSTING ARE 
THE LEADING CAUSES OF THE ERROR.
2. DATABASE SERVER MANAGER IS DAMAGED OR NOT RUNNING PROPERLY.
3. WINDOWS FIREWALL SETTINGS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR SOME QUICKBOOKS 
OPERATIONS.
4. QUICKBOOKS SERVICES ARE NOT RUNNING ON THE SERVER COMPUTER.
NOW THAT YOU ARE VERSED WITH THE ROOT CAUSES BEHIND THE ERROR. GO TO THE 
TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION AND IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTIONS TO RESOLVE THE 
ERROR.

BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH QUICKBOOKS 
MULTI-USER ERROR H202
SOLUTION 1. GET THE NEWEST VERSION OF QUICKBOOKS TOOL 
HUB AND RUN DATABASE SERVER MANAGER
1. AFTER CLOSING COMPANY FILES, EXIT THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP APPLICATION AND 
DOWNLOAD THE SETUP FILE OF THE LATEST QUICKBOOKS TOOL HUB VERSION FROM 
INTUIT’S WEBSITE.
2.  WHEN THE UPDATE FILE DOWNLOADS, CHOOSE AN APPROACHABLE LOCATION TO SAVE 
IT, LIKE YOUR WINDOWS DESKTOP.
3.  FROM THE DESKTOP, OPEN THE QUICKBOOKSTOOLHUB.EXE FILE AND START THE 
INSTALLATION BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE SCREEN.
4.  MARK THE AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CHECKBOX TO COMPLETE THE 
INSTALLATION. ONCE DONE, OPEN QUICKBOOKS TOOL HUB FROM THE DESKTOP AND 
CHOOSE THE NETWORK ISSUES TAB.
5.  CLICK QUICKBOOKS DATABASE SERVER MANAGER AND WAIT TILL IT REPAIRS FIREWALL 
PERMISSIONS.
6.  WHEN THE SCAN COMPLETES, CLOSE THE TOOL HUB AND OPEN QUICKBOOKS TO CHECK 
IF ERROR H202 IS RESOLVED.
SOLUTION 2. RUN FILE DOCTOR FROM QB TOOL HUB TO 
TROUBLESHOOT NETWORK AND COMPANY FILE ISSUES
1. REOPEN THE QUICKBOOKS TOOL HUB, MOVE TO THE COMPANY FILE ISSUES TAB AND 
SELECT RUN QUICKBOOKS FILE DOCTOR.
2. FROM THERE, PICK YOUR COMPANY FILE THROUGH THE DROP-DOWN AND MARK THE 
CHECK YOUR FILE OPTION.
3. IF YOU CAN’T FIND YOUR FILE IN THE DROP-DOWN, CLICK BROWSE TO SEARCH ON 
THE COMPUTER AND THEN SELECT THE MIDDLE CHECK YOUR FILE OPTION.
4. SELECT CONTINUE, ENTER LOGIN DETAILS WHEN PROMPTED AND CLICK THE NEXT 
BUTTON.
5. WHEN FILE DOCTOR COMPLETES, TRY SWITCHING QUICKBOOKS TO MULTI-USER 
MODE AGAIN. IF THE ISSUE CONTINUES, GO FOR OTHER SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTION 3. VERIFY SERVICES ON THE HOST COMPUTER
1. ON THE SERVER COMPUTER, MOVE TO THE START MENU AND ENTER RUN IN THE 
SEARCH FIELD.
2.  WHEN THE RUN COMMAND WINDOW OPENS, TYPE SERVICES.MSC AND PRESS THE 
ENTER KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD.
3.  FROM THE LIST OF SERVICES, DOUBLE-CLICK QUICKBOOKSDBXX AND CHOOSE 
AUTOMATIC AS THE STARTUP TYPE.
4.  NEXT, ENSURE THE SERVICE STATUS IS EITHER RUNNING OR STARTED, ELSE 
CHOOSE START.
5.  MOVE TO THE RECOVERY TAB AND CHOOSE RESTART FROM SERVICE FROM THE 
FIRST FAILURE, SECOND FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE DROP-DOWNS.
6.  CLICK APPLY TO SAVE THE CHANGES AND REPEAT THE SAME PROCEDURE FOR QBCF 
MONITOR SERVICE.
7.  REOPEN QUICKBOOKS, MOVE TO THE FILE MENU AND SELECT THE SWITCH TO 
MULTI-USER MODE OPTION.
SOLUTION 4. MAKE CHANGES TO WINDOW ACCESS PERMISSIONS 
AND ADD SERVICES
TO VERIFY IF THE PERMISSIONS ARE SET CORRECTLY:
1. GO TO THE START MENU, OPEN FILE EXPLORER AND RIGHT-CLICK THE FOLDER THAT 
STORES THE COMPANY FILE.
2. CHOOSE PROPERTIES, MOVE TO THE SECURITY TAB AND CLICK ADVANCED.
3. SELECT QBDATASERVICEUSERXX, THEN EDIT AND ALLOW SETTINGS FOR:
• TRAVERSE FOLDER/EXECUTE FILE
• LIST FOLDER/READ DATA
• READ ATTRIBUTES
• READ EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES
• CREATE FILES/WRITE DATA
• CREATE FOLDERS/APPEND DATA
• WRITE ATTRIBUTES
• WRITE EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES
• READ PERMISSIONS
IF PERMISSIONS ARE NOT CONFIGURED CORRECTLY:
1.  RIGHT-CLICK THE FOLDER THAT STORES QUICKBOOKS COMPANY FILES, CHOOSE 
PROPERTIES AND THEN SECURITY.
2.  CLICK EDIT, CHOOSE QBDATASERVICEUSERXX AND CLICK FULL CONTROL.
3.  CHOOSE ALLOW, THEN APPLY AND CLICK OK.
NEXT, GRANT ACCESS PERMISSION TO SHARE COMPANY FILE TO 
WINDOWS SERVER 2012:
1. GO TO THE START MENU, ENTER RUN IN THE SEARCH TO OPEN THE RUN COMMAND 
AND TYPE SERVER MANAGER.
2. CLICK THE OK BUTTON, CHOOSE FILE AND STORAGE SERVICES, THEN SHARES.
3. SCROLL THE TASK DROP-DOWN MENU, CLICK NEW SHARE AND SELECT SMB SHARE-
QUICK.
4. MOVE TO THE SHARE LOCATION SECTION, CLICK TYPE A CUSTOM PATH AND THEN 
NEXT.
SOLUTION 5. CHECK THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOST 
COMPUTER AND WORKSTATION
TO CHECK THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE SERVER COMPUTER AND THE WORKSTATION, YOU 
NEED TO PING SERVER FROM EACH WORKSTATION GETTING ERROR CODE H202. TO INITIATE 
THE PROCESS, YOU NEED TO TURN ON NETWORK DISCOVERY ON SERVER AND WORKSTATION. 
HERE’S HOW:
1.  MOVE TO THE DESKTOP, CLICK THE WINDOWS START ICON AND TYPE ‘NETWORK AND 
SHARING CENTER.’
2.  CHOOSE CHANGE ADVANCED SHARING SETTINGS, GO TO THE NETWORK DISCOVERY AND 
FILE AND PRINTER SHOWING SECTION AND MAKE SURE TURN ON NETWORK DISCOVERY.
3.  NEXT, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE SERVER NAME. FOR THIS, OPEN THE START MENU ON THE 
SERVER COMPUTER.
4.  IN THE SEARCH, TYPE RUN AND WHEN THE RUN WINDOW OPENS, TYPE CMD.
5.  IN THE BLACK COMMAND WINDOW, TYPE IPCONFIG/ALL AND TAP ENTER.
6.  GO TO THE IP CONFIGURATION SECTION, FIND THE HOST NAME ON THE RIGHT AND COPY IT.
7.  MOVE TO YOUR WORKSTATION, OPEN RUN AND THEN TYPE CMD IN THE RUN WINDOW.
8.  NEXT, TYPE ‘PING [SERVER NAME],’ TAP THE ENTER KEY AND FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS ON 
EACH WORKSTATION TO RESOLVE ERROR H202.
SOLUTION 6. MAKE CHANGES TO MULTI-USER HOSTING
1. OPEN
2. QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP ON THE WORKSTATION GETTING ERROR H202 AND GO TO 
THE FILE MENU.
3. CHOOSE UTILITIES, DON’T SELECT THE HOST MULTI-USER ACCESS OPTION AND 
MOVE TO THE NEXT WORKSTATION.
4.  CLICK THE STOP HOSTING MULTI-USER ACCESS OPTION UNDER UTILITIES AND 
FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS ON ALL WORKSTATIONS.
5.  NEXT, MOVE TO SERVER COMPUTER AND OPEN THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 
APPLICATION.
6. FROM THE FILE MENU, SELECT UTILITIES AND LOOK FOR THE HOST MULTI-USER 
ACCESS OPTION.
7.  SELECT THE HOST MULTI-USER ACCESS OPTION AND NOT THE STOP HOSTING 
MULTI-USER ACCESS OPTION.
SOLUTION 7. MAKE CHANGES TO WINDOWS HOSTS FILE
1. QUIT QUICKBOOKS, GO TO THE START MENU AND SELECT COMPUTER.
2.  OPEN THE DRIVERS FOLDER, DOUBLE-CLICK THE HOST FILE AND CLICK NOTEPAD.
3.  ENTER THE IP ADDRESS, THEN GIVE SPACE USING TAB KEY AND SAVE THE CHANGES.
IT’S TIME TO END OUR ARTICLE ON QUICKBOOKS ERROR H202 HOPING THAT THE 
TROUBLESHOOTING SOLUTIONS WE DISCUSSED WILL WORK FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY 
QUERIES OR THE ERROR DOESN’T FIX, CONNECT WITH THE CERTIFIED QUICKBOOKS 
EXPERT’S TEAM FOR INSTANT RESOLUTION BY CALLING US ON OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 
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