QuickBooks provides different options for downloading the new product releases.

Automatic Update		Manual Download

	What's new in Release 4 (R4)? What's new in Release 3 (R3)? What's new in Release 2 (R2)? Top FAQs For Enterprise Message: "You must shut down QuickBooks and QuickBooks components before the update can be installed." Error: Failure Renaming File Message: "Update is unable to complete because the [file] is the wrong version. Please reinstall and try the updating again." When installing a QuickBooks update, why won't QuickBooks open afterwards (it just flashes)? All machines must be running the same release of QuickBooks in order to open the company file at the same time. K:\scratch\shared company\x.qbw is currently opened by user X on other machines. They are using a NEWER/OLDER release of QuickBooks. How do I resolve the following QuickBooks update errors? Error 13, 120, 1603, 1607, 1608, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1619, 1620, 1624, 1631,1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1642 Why do I receive the message, "QBpatch.exe has generated errors and will be closed" when attempting to install the QuickBooks program update?

Click here to check the current release of your program. If the release number contains R4, then you already have the latest release.

Easiest method to update QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions

By default, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions will download the latest update any time you are online. You will be prompted to install the update upon quitting the program. To start this process yourself within QuickBooks, use the following instructions:

QuickBooks Update Service

1. Start QuickBooks, choose Update QuickBooks from the File menu, and then click Update. If you have not set up your Internet connection to work with QuickBooks, click Configure and follow the instructions.

2. In the QuickBooks Updates window, click Get Updates.
3. QuickBooks will display the files being downloaded. You may click Stop Downloading at any time, but you will not receive all updates if you do so.
4. Once QuickBooks finishes its attempt to download your updates, it displays the date and time of the download in the Last Checked column. In the Files Received column, QuickBooks displays the status of the download. Click the text in the Files Received column for additional details about the download.

5. Quit QuickBooks and click Yes to install the update. We recommend that you restart your computer after the installation is complete.

   Note: If you experience problems with the automatic update, a manual download is available.

Important: You must update QuickBooks each time the program is uninstalled and reinstalled.

	If the computer on which you installed QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions does not have Internet access, please call (888) 320-7276, weekdays from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific time, to request the R4 update.