Microsoft KB Archive/934881

= Error message when you open a company in Accounting Express and in Accounting Professional: &quot;The current version of the accounting software does not support this operation&quot; =

Article ID: 934881

Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Office Accounting Express and in Microsoft Office Accounting Professional, when you click Open Company on the File menu to open a company, you may receive the following error message:

The current version of the accounting software does not support this operation.

Note In Accounting Express and in Accounting Professional, a company is saved as an .sbc file.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if one of the following conditions is true:
 * The computer name that is associated with the .sbc file of the company is incorrect.
 * You changed the name of the computer that you are using.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, rebuild the company file in Accounting Express and in Accounting Professional. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Use the appropriate method:
 * 2) * In Accounting Express 2007, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Accounting 2007 Tools, and then click Data Tools.
 * 3) * In Accounting Express 2008, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 Tools, and then click Data Tools.
 * 4) In the Microsoft Office Accounting Data Utilities dialog box, click Rebuild.
 * 5) In the Rebuild Company File dialog box, select the name of the company file that you want to rebuild.
 * 6) Click Rebuild.
 * 7) In the Select Company File dialog box, type a new company file name in the File name box, and then click Save.
 * 8) Click OK.
 * 9) In the Rebuild Company File dialog box, click Close.
 * 10) In the Microsoft Office Accounting Data Utilities dialog box, click Close.
 * 11) Start Accounting Express, and then open the company file.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine the computer name that is associated with the .sbc file of a company, follow these steps:  Open the following folder:



Note In this path,  is the name of the drive that you are using. And,  is the user name that you use on the computer. Right-click the .sbc file for which you want to determine the computer name, click Open With, and then click Choose Program. Click Notepad. Or, click WordPad. Review the second line in the file. This line contains the computer name that is associated with the .sbc file of the company. For example, you see the following text in the second line:

server= \MSSMLBIZ, 5356



To determine the computer name of the computer that you are using, follow these steps:  Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.</li> Click the Computer Name tab.</li> Review the computer name that appears. For example, you may see the following text:

Full computer name:

If you are on a domain network, the full computer name appears in the following format:

. .corp. .com

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