Effective Solutions To Rectify QuickBooks Error H202

QuickBooks allows user to share their company file data with multiple users to enhance the organization’s efficiency and productivity. However, QuickBooks Error H202 can sometimes stop the users from hosting their company files on a multi-user network. If you also come across this issue while switching to multi-user mode, read this entire blog to learn why it occurs and the methods you can use to eliminate it.

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Reasons

You’ll see this error on the QBDT screen while setting up the multi-user network to host the company file. The reasons this multi-user mode affects your QBDT are discussed below-

• The hosting settings of your QuickBooks aren’t set accurately to favour the multi-user network setup.
• QuickBooks Database Server Manager stopped running in the background due to Windows Firewall restrictions or damaged QB files.
• A user already occupies the company file in single-user mode and makes it inaccessible for all the other systems.

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Solutions

You won’t be able to share the company file data among other users through a multi-user network until you get rid of this issue from your PC. The methods that’ll help counter the QB multi-user mode issue are discussed below-

Solution 1- Configure your QBDT hosting settings according to the multi-user network setup

You mostly run into the error while switching the server computer to multi-user mode or sharing the company file on a network. This happens if your workstations run in multi-user mode, as only the server computer must run in multi-user mode to host the data file. The multi-user network instantly crashes, or the server refuses to switch to multi-user mode. You must configure the hosting settings to ensure they don’t create problems while sharing the company file data. Here’s how-

• Run QuickBooks on the workstation that developed this error and click the File menu at the top.
• Select Utilities in the options and click Stop Hosting multi-user access.
• Switch all the workstations in your organization to single-user mode using the same steps.
• Go to the server computer and access the QuickBooks File menu on it.
• Tap Utilities and click Host multi-user access.
• Reboot all the systems and open your company file on the server computer in multi-user mode when the system reopens.

If error h202 QuickBooks appears on the screen again, move to the next solution.

Solution 2- Scan your QBDT folder contents using the DBSM

Database Server Manager ensures the multi-user network works properly and the data flow remains smooth. In case it fails to access some files required for the network, it stops working, and you will see this error code on your screen. Use these steps to fix the DBSM issue-

• Launch QuickBooks Database Server Manager on your computer and go to the Scan Folders tab.
• Click the Browse option and specify the location of your QuickBooks folder.
• Tap Start Scan to scan and register the folder contents on the network.

Conclusion

This blog tells us why QuickBooks Error H202 interrupts the multi-user network and also creates problems while switching to single-user mode. The methods that can easily remove the issue are also mentioned in the blog, which you must use to prevent the multi-user mode issue from developing again.

Contact our team of QB experts at 1-855-856-0042 if you need further assistance to rectify the error.

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