QuickBooks is widely used accounting software which handles financial concerns of the businesses be it payment of bills, accepting business payments, managing payroll functions, and more. But this QuickBooks faces error and one such error is QuickBooks Error Code 6189 which leads to stop the entire functioning of the application. In this article, you will find information about the error and very simple solutions to resolve the error.

QuickBooks Error Code 6189 can occur due to various reasons and can cause a number of problems to the users. Thus, fixing this error at the earliest is very important.

What is QuickBooks Error Code 6189?

Popular as a run-time error, QuickBooks Error Code 6189 occurs when a user tries to open a company file in the system. This can also occur if someone tries to run QuickBooks.  A user needs to make sure that all the QuickBooks file storage instructions are in place otherwise this error can occur.

Causes of QuickBooks Error 6189

• Accessing QuickBooks file which is in use or is being used by some another user as well.
• Corrupted QuickBooks Software link has been downloaded or the installation process is left incomplete.
• Trying to access the file without reading or writing permission.
• Incomplete installation of QuickBooks which can cause incorrect entries in the Windows registry.
• Damaged Network Data Source File on the host computer.
• There are issues with QuickBooks Hosting Processes.
• Difference between exchange log record and organization document which results in the error.
• Old copy of Windows is being used.
• Important drivers of the system being deleted accidentally.

Steps to fix QuickBooks Company file error 6189

Following are the advanced troubleshooting methods to fix QuickBooks error code 6189:

Step 1:

1. Restart the System in which you have installed QuickBooks.
2. Find the original data in the system and check if error persists.

• If the error still occurs, restart the system.

Step 2:

1. Install the original QuickBooks software.
2. After installation, restart the server.

• The issue will be resolved.

Step 3: Locate your company data file

1. Make sure that QuickBooks data file is not located in a removable disk.
2. Do not use online backup files of QuickBooks.

• Save the QuickBooks software on desktop.

Step 4: Rename the transaction log file (.TLG) and check QuickBooks files should not be encrypted.=

Step 5: Confirm the user permissions assigned to QBDataServiceUser for the version of QuickBooks you have installed in your system. Copy this file to desktop and open it. There can be a folder damage where it has been located.

Step 6: Login using credentials of any other user. If you are able to login successfully, then there is some data damage which needs to be resolved by repairing QuickBooks.

Step 7: May be the version of QuickBooks desktop you are using needs to be updated. After the update, open the company file.

If you are not able to fix the error:

In case, even after following the above steps, you are not able to troubleshoot this QuickBooks error code 6189, then you can connect with QuickBooks enterprise customer support at 1-800-761-1787. This is a toll-free number and our Certified ProAdvisors are available round the clock to help you.