An effective guide to resolve QuickBooks File Exists Error	
                     DEBUG QUICKBOOKS FILE EXISTS ERROR WITH 
THESE QUICK METHODS
WHENEVER YOU DEAL WITH QUICKBOOKS AND OTHER FEATURES PRESENT IN IT, 
THERE IS A CHANCE OF RECEIVING THE QUICKBOOKS FILE EXISTS ERROR. YOU 
RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING TRIGGER WARNING MESSAGE, “THE FILE YOU SPECIFIED 
CANNOT BE OPENED. ENSURE THAT IT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED BY ANOTHER 
PROGRAM OR A READ-ONLY FILE”. THUS, GO THROUGH THIS DETAILED BLOG TO 
ACQUIRE MORE INFO ON THIS MATTER. WE HAVE DESCRIBED ALL THE RELEVANT INFO, 
INCLUDING THE REASONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING METHODS.
IF YOU FACE ANY PROBLEM WHILE FIXING THE FILE EXISTS ERROR IN 
QUICKBOOKS, IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM BY 
DIALING OUR TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2784 FOR PROPER GUIDANCE.
WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT TRIGGER THE 
QUICKBOOKS FILE EXISTS ERROR MESSAGE?
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO COMPREHEND WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR COMING 
ACROSS THE GLITCH, THEN GO THROUGH THE CAUSES ENLISTED BELOW-
• YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED FULL ACCESS TO YOUR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP TO 
RUN ON THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
• THE USAGE OF AN OUTDATED QUICKBOOKS VERSION CAN ALSO BE ONE OF THE 
PRIMARY FACTORS OF THE PROBLEM.
READ FURTHER TO KNOW THE BEST PROCEDURE TO DEBUG THE ISSUE.
ARE THERE ANY FIXING METHODS FOR THE 
QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP FILE EXISTS ERROR CODE?
IN THIS SECTION OF THE BLOG, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEAL 
WITH THE ISSUE. BY FOLLOWING THESE SOLUTIONS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE 
THE ERROR WITHOUT ANY HASSLE-

SOLUTION 1: ALLOW FULL CONTROL ACCESS TO THE 
QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
• IN THE FIRST STEP, GO TO THE WINDOWS DESKTOP AND RIGHT-CLICK ON THE QB 
ICON.
•  NOW, TAP ON THE ‘OPEN FILE LOCATION’ OPTION.
•  AFTER THAT, PRESS THE ‘BACKSPACE’ KEY AND THEN RIGHT-CLICK ON THE 
QUICKBOOKS FOLDER.
•  FURTHER, ACCESS THE ‘PROPERTIES’ WINDOW AND THEN MOVE TO THE ‘SECURITY’ 
TAB.
•  HIT THE ‘EDIT’ BUTTON AND THEN CLICK ‘ADD’.
•  NEXT, CHOOSE THE ‘OK’ BUTTON FOLLOWED BY ‘EVERYONE’.
•  OPT FOR THE ‘FULL CONTROL’ OPTION AND THEN ‘APPLY’.
•  IN THE END, GO THROUGH THIS SAME SET OF INSTRUCTIONS BUT REPLACE 
‘EVERYONE’ WITH YOUR USER.
SOLUTION 2: GET AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE QUICKBOOKS 
DESKTOP INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER
• AFTER QUITTING QUICKBOOKS, SEARCH FOR THE QUICKBOOKS ICON ON THE 
DESKTOP.
• ONCE YOU FIND IT, RIGHT-CLICK ON IT AND OPT FOR THE ‘RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR’ 
OPTION.
• IN THE NEXT STEP, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE TO THE NO COMPANY OPEN 
WINDOW AND THEN TAP ON ITS ‘HELP’ MENU.
•  NOW, CHOOSE THE ‘UPDATE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP’ OPTION.
•  UNDER THE ‘OPTIONS’ SECTION, ‘MARK ALL’ AND THEN ‘SAVE’ IT.
•  NEXT, JUMP TO THE ‘UPDATE NOW’ TAB TO ENABLE THE ‘RESET UPDATE’ CHECKBOX.
•  GO AHEAD BY CLICKING ‘GET UPDATES’.
•  AS A FINAL STEP, QUIT THE EXISTING WINDOW AND RESTART THE QUICKBOOKS 
APPLICATION.
•  REBOOT THE COMPUTER DEVICE AND THEN USE QUICKBOOKS.
THE ARTICLE ENDS HERE. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED OUR BEST TO GUIDE YOU WITH THE 
QUICKEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUICKBOOKS FILE EXISTS ERROR. THE GIVEN 
SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY EXPERIMENTED WITH BY OUR EXPERIENCED 
PROFESSIONALS OF QUICKBOOKS. HOWEVER, IF THE ISSUE KEEPS ARISING ON YOUR 
SCREEN, DO NOT HESITATE TO HAVE A WORD WITH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
TEAM FOR ALTERNATE METHODS. DIAL 1.855.738.2784 TO CONNECT WITH THEM.