They will no longer have access to it" Sage 50 shared company message
Sage 50 is warning that multi-user access to this company file is about to be cut off for everyone you share it with.
If you invited others to work with your shared company, they will no longer have access to it.
That message is Sage 50’s way of telling you that the file is being converted, moved, or reconfigured in a way that breaks the existing multi-user setup. Anyone who currently connects to this company over your network or through a shared-folder arrangement will lose their connection. The data itself is not being deleted, but the sharing arrangement that lets other people open the file simultaneously is going away.
What the message actually means
Sage 50 shows this warning before an operation that changes the file’s location, format, or sharing mode. You are most likely to see it when upgrading to a newer Sage 50 release, changing the company type, or moving the file to a different folder or computer. The old share path and user invitations do not carry forward automatically, so Sage 50 is giving you a heads-up before it proceeds.
Check who is affected first
Before you click through, note who currently has access. In a typical Sage 50 multi-user setup, several named users connect to a shared company stored on a host machine. Once you proceed, those users will need to be reconnected or re-invited after the file is back in place. Let your team know there will be a gap.
Back up before proceeding
Because the next step changes something structural about the file or its location, make a full backup first. Copy the company folder to a safe location outside the working directory. If anything goes wrong during the conversion or move, you will have a clean copy to fall back on.
Re-establish sharing afterward
Once the operation finishes, you will need to set up multi-user access again on the new file. This means sharing the folder, confirming the host machine is configured correctly, and re-inviting users or pointing their Sage 50 installations to the new path. The exact steps depend on your Sage 50 edition and how your network is configured.
When the file will not reopen
If you proceeded and now the company will not open at all, or users get errors when trying to reconnect, the file may have been damaged during the conversion or move. That is where our engineers come in. We regularly repair Sage 50 company files that fail to open after an upgrade or relocation, and we also handle Sage 50 to QuickBooks conversions if you have decided to switch platforms entirely. Send us the file for a free evaluation and we will tell you what is recoverable.