Copy instead of backup
I have a client that cut and pasted their QuickBooks file to another drive, rather than backing up and restoring. Now it can't be opened. Any suggestions?
I have a client that cut and pasted their QuickBooks file to another drive, rather than backing up and restoring. Now it can't be opened. Any suggestions?




It should open without any problems. What happens?
One thing to try is to open the new folder/location where the QBW file is and remove any files with the same name and a different file extension. Then try opening the file.
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Tim Teichman
A message pops up that says, "The user name "Admin" is not a recognized user. Check the spelling or ask your QuickBooks Administrator to set you up as a new user. When I click through that, I get an Unrecoverable Error Code 20187 88926. The files she copied over were .QBW, .QBW.DSN, .QBW.ND, .QBW.TLG.