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Sage 50
Sage 50 (US Peachtree and Canadian Simply Accounting) conversions, editions, and downgrades. 36 guides and 425 answers on this topic.
Sage 50: "the current company is not the parent company, the accounts cannot be mapped
Sage 50 is refusing to map accounts because you are working in a child company rather than the parent of the group.
AnswerSage 50The database engine timed out while serving the connection" in Sage 50
Sage 50's database engine gave up waiting on a request, usually because the company file is slow, locked, or damaged.
AnswerSage 50The file cannot be restored to the selected directory" Sage 50 error
Sage 50 is telling you Windows blocked the restore because your user account cannot write to the folder you picked.
AnswerSage 50The program could not process this transaction because of a problem with your data
Sage 50 is telling you a transaction inside your company file is damaged, not that you entered something wrong.
AnswerSage 50Until this issue is resolved, you cannot open some of your reports" (Sage 50)
Sage 50 is telling you part of your company data is damaged, so reports that depend on it will not open until it is fixed.
AnswerConversionWhat Sage 50 data cannot be converted to QuickBooks?
Most lists and history convert, but custom fields, forms, and some older detail usually do not map cleanly and need workarounds.
AnswerConversionWill my Sage 50 budget data convert to QuickBooks?
Budgets usually do not transfer automatically in a Sage 50 conversion, but they can often be rebuilt or mapped manually into QuickBooks.
AnswerSage 50You can no longer use the company with this version of the software" Sage 50 message
Sage 50 is refusing to open your company file because the file is newer than, or incompatible with, the installed version.
AnswerSage 50You cannot change settings because there are pending or failed transactions
Sage 50 is blocking a settings change because transactions are still waiting to post or have failed to post.
AnswerSage 50You cannot turn on or off serialization for an item" in multi-user mode
Sage 50 blocks changing an item's serialized setting while other users have the company open; switch to single-user mode first.
AnswerSage 50You do not have write permissions for this directory" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is trying to save a file into a folder your Windows account cannot write to, so the save or backup fails.
AnswerSage 50A read-only company only can be restored as a read-only company" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is telling you the backup you are restoring was marked read-only, and it will stay read-only after restore.