QuickBooks 2001 Tips

To Apply Updates:
Note: This tip assumes a Loki installation.

If your data files match a previously updated version of QuickBooks they cannot be opened to allow an update, so use a Sample Company as described starting with #1 (to update a working version-skip to #4):

1. Start Quickbooks Pro using icon installed by CX 5.
2. Open a sample company.
3. Update quickbooks using File-Update-etc.. (this will actually only download the updates.

4. Make sure QuickBooks Pro and any other CX or wine occurrences are closed.
5. Open a terminal window.
6. Change to CX directory containing “wine”. Normally this will be "/home/your_username/cxoffice/bin" using the command

cd /home/your_username/cxoffice/bin (replace "your_username" with your actual login name)

7. Execute the update file (qbpatch.exe) located in the “.target” directory of your QuickBooks Pro installation. The command should look something like this:

./wine "/home/your_username/.cxoffice/win98/drive_c/Program Files/Intuit/QuickBooks Pro/download/Patch/.update/.target/qbpatch.exe" (note space between ./wine and "/home....)

8. Progress may stop without windows closing after update reaches 100%. Everything should be ok to close after it reaches this point if the update windows do not close automatically after a minute or two.
9. Start your updated version of QuickBooks Pro. :)