A Complete Guide to Resolve QuickBooks Abort Error

No doubt, QuickBooks is the most preferred accounting application among small and mid-sized businesses because of it easy to use and highly efficient accounting features. It is not just another accounting app but it is a complete package of financial solutions but eventually it is a software and no software is untouched from errors. Here we are going to discuss another QuickBooks error that appears with an error message “QuickBooks Connection has been Lost” or “QuickBooks Abort Error”. This is a common error that appears while different activities in QuickBooks like updating the app, running payroll and many others.


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Quick Solutions to Resolve Abort Error in QuickBooks Desktop

For every reason that prompts the QuickBooks abort error there is a specific solution to it. Before delving directly into the troubleshooting method we suggest you install the latest QuickBooks Desktop application updates. Sometimes just installing the updates resolves most of the common errors that arises in the application.

Solution 1: Verify the Version of your QuickBooks Desktop

  1. Open QuickBooks and press the F2 key or click About QuickBooks option from the Help tab.

  2. Under the Product Information tab check the version of your QuickBooks app.

  3. If you are having another version of QuickBooks Desktop installed, then try to open the company file in that particular version.

  4. If you can successfully open the company file in the other version of QuickBooks than compare the versions of QuickBooks to see if they match.

  5. If both the company file are of different version than we suggest you to upgrade your QuickBooks Desktop as it is the primary reason that is triggering the error.

Solution 2: Check the Integrity of your QuickBooks Company File

  1. If you are also getting other issues while opening the company file like “QuickBooks is unable to open the company file” then this indicates that the company file is damaged.

  2. To repair the company file we suggest you use QuickBooks Verify/Rebuild Data utility.

  3. Once the file is repaired, try to open it and check whether the error is resolved or not.

Solution 3: Reinstall the QuickBooks Desktop app

This is the final solution to resolve most of the errors in QuickBooks if none of the other troubleshooting method works. Install and run QuickBooks Clean Install Tool to install a fresh copy of QuickBooks Desktop.

In case, none of the troubleshooting methods helps you resolve the QuickBooks abort error then we suggest you get in touch with one of our certified QuickBooks Desktop experts at QuickBooks helpline Number (844)-932-1139.