Here’s How you can fix  QuickBooks Freezes When Opening issue
                     WHICH METHODS TO APPLY IF QUICKBOOKS 
FREEZES WHEN OPENING?
THERE CAN BE A PLETHORA OF FACTORS BECAUSE OF WHICH QUICKBOOKS FREEZES 
WHEN OPENING. IF YOU EVER COME ACROSS THE TECHNICAL GLITCH, DO NOT GET 
WORRIED AS IT ARISES DUE TO SOME MINOR UNEXPECTED FAULTS. FOR INSTANCE, 
SUPPOSE YOUR COMPANY FILE NAME EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM CHARACTER LIMIT; THIS 
SPECIFIC ERROR CAN INTERRUPT. THUS, THROUGH THIS INFORMATIVE BLOG, WE WILL 
DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM IN BRIEF AND ACQUIRE RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT. AS 
YOU GO THROUGH THE CONTENT, IT EXPLAINS DIFFERENT WAYS OF FIXING THE ISSUE, 
FOLLOWED BY ITS CAUSES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS RELATED TO THE FROZEN QUICKBOOKS 
DESKTOP? THEN IMMEDIATELY CONTACT OUR TEAM OF PRO ADVISORS VIA 
TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2784.
REASONS THAT TRIGGER THE GLITCH DUE TO WHICH 
YOUR QUICKBOOKS DOES NOT RESPOND
LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING CAUSES OF THE ERROR TO UNDERSTAND WHICH FACTORS 
CAN AFFECT SUCH A PROBLEM-
• PROBABLY, THE DAMAGE OR CORRUPTION OF THE QBWUSER.INI FILE CAN CAUSE 
THE ISSUE TO ARISE ON YOUR DESKTOP.
• SECONDLY, ANOTHER REASON FOR ENCOUNTERING THIS ERROR MIGHT BE THE 
OUTDATED QUICKBOOKS. IF YOUR QUICKBOOKS IS NOT UPDATED WITH THE NEWLY 
RELEASED UPDATES, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE NEW 
FEATURES.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY QUICKBOOKS APPLICATION 
GETS FROZEN?
HAVE YOU WONDERED HOW TO RE-LAUNCH YOUR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP BY 
ELIMINATING THIS ERROR? THEN READ OUT THIS SECTION OF THE BLOG IN DETAIL TO 
GET RELEVANT ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION. WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE TWO MOST 
EFFECTIVE TROUBLESHOOTING METHODS THAT WILL HELP YOU IN RECTIFYING THE 
ISSUE COMPLETELY-

SOLUTION 1: MODIFY THE NAME OF THE QBWUSER.INI FILE TO FIX 
THE ERROR
• IN THE FIRST STEP, YOU MUST GO TO THE FOLDER OF THE QBWUSER.INI FILE.
• AFTER YOU LOCATE THE FILE, RIGHT-CLICK ON THE FILE.
• FURTHER, PROCEED BY TAPPING ON THE ‘RENAME’ OPTION.
• TO CHANGE THE OLD NAME, ADD ‘.OLD’ AT THE VERY END OF THE FILE NAME.
• AS YOU HIT THE ‘ENTER’ KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD, THE NEW FILE NAME GETS SAVED.
• BY FOLLOWING THE SAME STEPS, EDIT THE NAME OF THE 
ENTITLEMENTDATASTORE.ECML FILE.
• FINALLY, RUN THE QUICKBOOKS APPLICATION AGAIN.
SOLUTION 2: JUMP TO AN UPDATED VERSION OF QUICKBOOKS 
INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER
• REMEMBER TO QUIT THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP BEFORE UPDATING IT IF YOU ARE 
USING IT CURRENTLY.
• FURTHER, ON THE SYSTEM’S DESKTOP, LOCATE YOUR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP AND 
THEN RIGHT-CLICK ON IT.
• SELECT THE ‘RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR’ OPTION.
• IN THE FOLLOWING STEP, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OPEN THE NO COMPANY OPEN 
WINDOW, AND THEN UNDER THE ‘HELP’ MENU, OPT FOR THE ‘UPDATE QUICKBOOKS 
DESKTOP’ OPTION.
• NOW, GO TO THE ‘OPTIONS’ TAB TO ‘MARK ALL’.
• SAVE IT AND CHECKMARK THE ‘RESET UPDATE’ CHECKBOX FROM THE ‘UPDATE 
NOW’ TAB.
• AT LAST, DOWNLOAD THE UPDATES BY CLICKING ON THE ‘GET UPDATES’ OPTION.
• IN THE FINAL STEP, COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE DOWNLOADED UPDATES 
BY RESTARTING QUICKBOOKS.
THE ARTICLE ENDS HERE. WE HOPE YOU MUST HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE ENTIRE 
CONCEPT AND LEARNED WHAT TO DO IF QUICKBOOKS FREEZES WHEN OPENING. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUERIES OR ARE STUCK WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE 
SAME, DO NOT HESITATE TO HAVE A ONE-TO-ONE CONSULTATION WITH ONE OF THE 
EXPERTS AT OUR TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2784.