A complete guide to Update QuickBooks Desktop 
                     A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE ON HOW TO UPDATE 
QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
QUICKBOOKS BEING A USEFUL ACCOUNTING SOLUTION, CAN SOMETIMES BECOME 
ANNOYING TO USE. IT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK ON IT, SEVERAL ERRORS ARISE 
UNEXPECTEDLY. HOWEVER, IF YOU UPDATE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP WHENEVER A NEW 
UPDATE IS AVAILABLE, YOU CAN BE FREE OF SOME OF SUCH TECHNICAL ERRORS. AS A 
RESULT, TO GUIDE YOU CORRECTLY WITH THE PROCESS OF UPDATING QUICKBOOKS, 
WE HAVE CURATED THIS INFORMATIVE BLOG. THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS TWO WAYS TO 
PERFORM AN UPDATE PROCEDURE TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND BETTER AND FOR 
YOUR CONVENIENCE.
TO CLARIFY ANY ISSUES REGARDING THE QUICKBOOKS UPDATE, YOU CAN 
GIVE US A CALL AT TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2784. ONE OF OUR CERTIFIED 
PROFESSIONALS WILL GUIDE YOU.
WHAT ARE THE PROS OF UPDATING QUICKBOOKS?
HERE ARE A FEW POINTERS THAT YOU WILL HELP TO COMPREHEND THE MERITS OF 
INSTALLING THE UPDATES WITH TIME. READ THEM OUT-
1.   IT INCREASES THE SECURITY OF YOUR QUICKBOOKS AND KEEPS IT SECURED. 
2.   UPDATING QB ENHANCES THE SPEED OF THE SOFTWARE, WHICH EVENTUALLY 
RESULTS IN BETTER PERFORMANCE.
3.   YOU INCUR FEWER TECHNICAL GLITCHES AS UPDATING THE PROGRAM CAN 
RESOLVE NUMEROUS ERRORS THAT YOU ENCOUNTER WHILE OPERATING QB.
EXPLANATION OF DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING THE 
QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP UPDATES TO THE NEWEST 
RELEASE
TO USE THE LATEST FEATURES OF THE QUICKBOOKS APPLICATION, YOU MUST KEEP 
ON UPDATING YOUR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO UPDATE IT EITHER 
MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. THEREFORE, HERE WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS TWO 
WAYS IN WHICH YOU PERFORM THE REQUISITE ACTION-

PROCESS 1: COMPLETE THE UPDATE INSTALLATION OF 
QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP MANUALLY
1. FIRST, YOU MUST END ALL APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RUNNING ON YOUR DEVICE. 
2. NOW, ON THE WINDOWS DESKTOP, LOOK FOR THE QUICKBOOKS SOFTWARE. 
3. ONCE YOU FIND IT, OPT FOR THE ‘RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR’ OPTION BY RIGHT-CLICKING ON 
ITS ICON. 
4. NEXT, KEEP HOLDING THE ‘CTRL’ KEY AND CLICK TWICE ON THE QB ICON TO MOVE TO THE 
NO COMPANY OPEN SCREEN. 
5. IN THE FOLLOWING WINDOW, CLICK ON THE ‘HELP’ TAB AND HIT THE ‘UPDATE QUICKBOOKS 
DESKTOP’ OPTION. 
6. JUMP TO THE ‘OPTIONS’ SECTION TO CLICK ‘MARK ALL’ AND ‘SAVE’.
7. FROM THE ‘UPDATE NOW’ TAB, ENABLE THE RESET UPDATE’ CHECKBOX BY CHECKMARKING 
IT. 
8. BY TAPPING ON THE ‘GET UPDATES’ OPTION, YOU START DOWNLOADING THE LATEST 
UPDATES. 
9. ONCE DONE, RE-LAUNCH THE QUICKBOOKS PROGRAM AND THEN INSTALL IT. 
10. IN THE LAST STEP, START YOUR SYSTEM AGAIN. 
PROCESS 2: PERFORM THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP UPDATE IN 
AUTOMATIC MODE
1.  OPEN THE QUICKBOOKS PROGRAM. 
2.   MOVE THE CURSOR ON THE ‘HELP’ MENU AND TAP ON IT. 
3.   UNDER THE MENU, OPT FOR THE ‘UPDATE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP’ OPTION. 
4.   NOW, IN THE NEXT STEP, YOU MUST JUMP TO THE ‘UPDATE NOW’ TAB AND CLICK 
ON  THE ‘RESET UPDATE’ CHECKBOX. 
5.  START TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST UPDATES BY HITTING THE ‘GET UPDATES’ 
BUTTON.
6.  ONCE IT FINISHES, RE-LAUNCH YOUR QUICKBOOKS.
7.   YOU WILL SEE A MESSAGE ASKING YOU TO INSTALL THE DOWNLOADED UPDATES; 
CHOOSE ‘YES’.
AS WE COME TO A CONCLUSION, WE SUPPOSE YOU MUST HAVE UNDERSTOOD 
THE COMPLETE METHOD TO UPDATE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP. IN CASE YOU ARE 
STUCK IN BETWEEN WHILE FOLLOWING THE STEPS MENTIONED ABOVE, DO NOT 
HESITATE TO HAVE A ONE-TO-ONE CONSULTATION FROM ONE OF OUR PRO 
ADVISORS BY DIALING TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2784.