Can't Open QuickBooks Company File - Firewall Error 

Introduction to QuickBooks

QuickBooks is a accounting tool which is developed by Intuit, and it is a web-based cloud accounting for preparing the company accounts and managing the financial transactions of the company. It plays a vital role in monitoring the financial statements of the company. 

It is used for book-keeping, tax planning, data management, supplier and vendor registration, professional invoice creation, tracking the expenses and payments of suppliers and vendors in order to manage the financial expenses of the company properly. Thus the main motto of this tool is to build a strong financial backbone of the company. QuickBooks has the most special feature that it can be used for any company size and it is very cost effective.

Firewall Blocking Quickbooks

This is the line which reflects on the user screen while facing the quickbooks firewall error.

Actually quickbooks firewall error is the issue that arises while opening the quickbooks company file. Then at that time the user faces this error. 

QuickBooks Firewall Error acts as a barrier between the quickbooks company file and quickbooks desktop. It doesn't allow the quickbooks software to communicate with the quickbooks company file and this error has been experienced by the users many times. 

Causes of Firewall Error:

1. First cause is that QuickBooks is not able to detect the IP address of the server hosting the quickbooks company file.

2. Second is due to the blockage of the incoming and outgoing communication by the system firewall.

3. Third is due to the wrong configuration of the hosting server.

4. Fourth reason is due to incorrect DNS settings as it is the records in the domain system that allows the users to access the domain through unique domains.

Solution for this error:

QuickBooks firewall error can be resolved easily by the usage of the QuickBooks File Doctor

Introduction to the QuickBooks File Doctor:

QuickBooks File Doctor is the treatment hub for any kind of quickbooks error user face while usage of quickbooks accounting tool, it is launched in 2012 by the intuit to resolve the problems of the users face while installing any software of quickbooks as it detect the network error, bugs, window corruption, firewall error. It plays a vital role in enhancing the performance of the quickbooks by the best detection of error and diagnosis of the bugs that can be easily tackled by the detection of any kind of error. The firewall error is the problem related to the network issue as it occurs while a communication issue between the quickbooks software and the quickbooks company file, so it can be easily fixed with the quickbooks file doctor. The QuickBooks File Doctor can be simply installed by the intuit website, just download the QBFD.EXE file and follow the instructions to install it easily. 

5 simple steps to resolve the error by the QuickBooks File Doctor:

Step 1 : First you need to download the quickbooks tool hub, as it is a repair tool hub that is used to resolve the various types of errors and issues and all the issues can be resolved by this repair tool hub.

Step 2: Inside that quickbooks tool hub, select the version of the quickbooks and run the quickbooks file doctor.

Step 3: In this step, you need to choose the company file which is showing the quickbooks firewall error and select it.

Step 4: Then, simply login as the user administrator by entering the login details in the company file.

Step 5: At last the quickbooks file doctor runs as an issue resolver in a mini form and fixes the bugs the user is facing in the company file, after doing all the five steps to open the file. Hope your issue will get resolved.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is only by using the QuickBooks File Doctor an error can be resolved?

Ans. No, there are 6 other ways also to fix the QuickBooks Firewall Error.

2. After using QuickBooks File Doctor, error can't reoccur?

Ans. No, it is not like that the error can't arise as file doctors once detect the bugs majorly and solve it at that time.

3. Is there a fault of the operating system in occurrence of this QuickBooks Firwall error? 

Ans. No, it can be said that it is the complete fault of the system because generally inside the causes of the quickbooks firewall error also the operating system error isn't included.