The QuickBooks Desktop version of the mobile app is also incredibly limited in scope-you can use it to scan receipts only. That feature comes in handy if you have limited internet access, but it isn’t right for business owners who do most of their accounting on the go. Restart QuickBooks and enter your SmartVault logins.QuickBooks Desktop isn’t cloud based, so you can only access it from the computer you installed the software on.

Click to clear the Keep QuickBooks running for quick startups checkbox.Choose the My Preferences tab at the top.Choose the General icon in the list on the left.Open QuickBooks and open your company file.Turn Off the Keep QuickBooks Running for Quick Startups Preference in QuickBooks 2011 or Later Exit out of SmartVault from the system tray.Make sure only QuickBooks processes are ended and then close the Task Manager.Select the QuickBooks processes one by one and click End process.Go to the Processes tab and click the Image Name tab.Right-click on the taskbar and select Start Task Manager.End the QuickBooks Processes Running in the Background If the QuickBooks process runs in the background without ever restarting, it will never notify SmartVault. Once we know this, SmartVault will begin communicating with it. There is a requirement for SmartVault to be notified when a QuickBooks application is started and a company file is open. If this causes unexpected computer problems, turn off the preference using the instructions below. When QuickBooks runs in the background, it's identified as a process (QBW32.exe) in the Windows task manager. When you start QuickBooks, it is already running and starts instantly.

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