How to Easily Fix QuickBooks Update Error?

QuickBooks is effective accounting software that keeps updating its application to improve the user experience. However, getting errors while updating the software is quite common, which can happen due to several reasons. Corruption in the installation files or restrictions from a third-party app can usually trigger such update errors. If you are struggling to fix an update error in QuickBooks and need to know the error’s troubleshooting methods, read the complete article till the end. The causes with the solutions to the error are explained vividly below in this article.

QuickBooks Update Error

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Methods to Resolve Update Errors in QuickBooks

Run Quick Fix My Program

Note: You need to download and install QuickBooks Tool Hub to run Quick Fix My Program Tool.

The error can sometimes get triggered due to issues with the installation file. You can run Quick Fix My Program to resolve the error. Follow the steps listed below to run quick fix my program tool:

1. Open QuickBooks Tool Hub.
2. Select the Program Problems tab.
3. Then click the Quick Fix My Program button
4. Once the repair is complete, try to open QuickBooks and install the updates.

Manually Update QuickBooks

Corruption in the downloaded updates file can trigger the error. Manually updating the application can resolve the error. The steps provided below will help you manually update QuickBooks:

1. Open the QuickBooks application.
2. Select the Help menu, and then click update QuickBooks Desktop.
3. Then, click the update now tab.
4. Checkmark the Reset update checkbox.
5. Click the get updates button.
6. Once the updates are downloaded, close the QuickBooks application.
7. Again open QuickBooks, and click the Help menu.
8. Choose the update QuickBooks Desktop option and then select the Overview tab.
9. Finally, click the Update now option.

Install QuickBooks in Selective Startup Mode

It might be possible that the third-party applications are blocking QuickBooks from getting updated. You can install the updates in selective startup mode to fix the error. You need to follow the instructions given below to install QuickBooks in selective startup mode:

1. Open the Run command by pressing Windows key + R together on the keyboard.
2. Enter msconfig in the textbox, then click OK.
3. Select the General tab, and then choose selective startup from the startup selection section.
4. Under the selective startup section, checkmark the Load system services checkbox.
5. Then open the services tab and checkmark the hide all Microsoft services checkbox.
6. Click the Disable all button.
7. Clear the checkmark from the Hide all Microsoft services checkbox.
8. Checkmark the Windows Installer checkbox if it is not check marked.
9. Finally, click OK and then select Restart.
10. Now, update your QuickBooks and make sure to switch the configuration back to the normal mode once the update is complete.

Conclusion:

The information provided above in this article describes the causes and the solutions to the update error. The update error’s solutions include manually updating the software, using Quick Fix My Program tool from the tool hub, and updating in selective startup mode. Hopefully, you have fixed the QuickBooks update error by now. However, if the error is not resolved yet, maybe some issues with the internet security settings are causing the error, which you need to fix by configuring the Windows firewall settings for your QuickBooks Desktop. If configuring the firewall settings didn’t help fix the error, then you need to dial (855)-526–5749 and get immediate help from a QuickBooks Professional.