How to Fix QuickBooks Error Code H505?

Intuit launched an application named QuickBooks and it is the best accounting software for global business leaders. QuickBooks is mainly targeting mid-sized businesses, associations, and firms. You can use this software to track inventory, set up automatic payments, run business analysis reports, and even QuickBooks multi-user mode. In the last few years, many users got H series errors frequently. QuickBooks error code H505 appears when users try to transfer company files or data from one computer to another computer. The H-series errors are related to the problems of the hosting settings. Incorrect/Improper Hosting configuration settings are one of the main reasons to occur QuickBooks error code H505. In this article, we will discuss some best troubleshooting methods to resolve QuickBooks error H505.

Troubleshooting Steps to Fix QuickBooks Error code H505

Above we have mentioned what is Quickbooks error H505. There are four best steps to resolve the QuickBooks Error code H505 as follows:-

Solution 1: Verify services & hosting

Step 1: Verify the services

1. You have to be make sure that QBDBXX & QBCFMonitor services are running:

   • Click the "Windows"/"Start" buttons

   • Insert the key "Window+R".

   • You have to Enter "MSC" in the run box and press the "Enter” tab

2. Search for QuickBooksDBXX in the service window

3. It is possible that the QuickBooksDBXX service may not be visible.

   • Make sure that the QB Database Server Manager has been installed in your server.

   • If the user is running the entire program in the server, and after that open QuickBooks. You must make sure that hosting has been enabled at the end.

4. Check the QuickBooksDBXX service to confirm that the startup type and service status have been established.

5. Click the "Recovery” tab

6. Save the changes

Step 2: Check the hosting

• Open QuickBooks on each hosting computer

• Click on "File" and then "Utilities".

• If you see "Host Multi-User Access", it means that the file is not available for host. This means that the computer can’t host the file.

• If there is an option that says "Stop Hosting Multiuser Access", you should choose it

• Go to the "Company".

• Select the "File must be closed window"

• Click "Yes"

Solution 2: Create a folder for your company file, and allow access to it

• First, create a folder on the hosting computer.

• Ensure that windows with entry permissions to your company are filed.

• Copy the.qbw files into the new folder.

• To complete the process, you will need to switch to multi-user mode.

Solution 3: Verify all the services in your server

• First, open the windows tab on your server system. Next, open the start menu.

• Next, enter a run and then open the run tab

• Next, type services.msc in the run tab. Then hit enter tab

• Double-click QuickBooks DBXX

• Select the Automatic tab to start the type

• The service status should be either running or being started by the user.

• Select the start tab

• Click the recovery tab

• You can also choose to start the service again from each drop-down menu: First failure, Second failure, and Third failure

• If you want to save the changes, click on the “OK tab”.

• End the process and go back to QBCFMonitorService.

Solution 4: Use QuickBooks file doctor

If you want to fix the H-series error codes then the QBFD tool is one of the simple solutions to fix this error. QBFD Tool scans all the files and resolves the glitches automatically.

1. Firstly, You have to ensure that the QuickBooks tool hub is installed on your server computer with access to the network.

2. After this, you have to download the tool hub and run the QuickBooks File doctor tool and it will remove all the H-series and multi-user errors automatically.

Last Note

We now reach the end of the article. We hope the above information will help you fix QuickBooks error code H505. Possibly, the error persists despite all of the above solutions. If this is the case, you will need to get the best QuickBooks enterprise support.