Optimizing AccountEdge Network Edition
It is best to optimize Company Files on the host computer. It can be done from a workstaion, but you must have access to the whole hard drive of the host machine. Additionally, if you are optimizing your file because the file is being damaged, any network problems that caused the problem with the file may cause problems with the optimization. Optimizing on the host machine is faster and more reliable.
On the host computer, start the Optimization Assistant in one of two ways:
- While in AccountEdge NE, go to the File menu and select Optimize Company File.
- Go to your program folder, such as: AccountEdge NE 2010 (v10) and double-click on the Optimization Assistant.
Once in the Optimization Assistant, click Next to get started.
Then click 'Find File'. In the dialog box that follows, choose the
file that you want to optimize. Since you are using AccountEdge NE,
the files will be in:
/HD/Library/Application Support/AccountEdge NE/Databases
After choosing the file and clicking Open, you will return to the Optimization Assistant. Click 'Next', read the instructions, and start the optimization. If the file optimizes successfully, you will have an additional file in your Databases folder. It will have the same name as the original file, but with a .bak extension. This file is the original un-optimized file which is only to be used if optimization does not complete successfully. Do not open the .bak file under normal circumstances.
Helpful Hint: Make sure your filenames are less than 32 characters long before optimizing. The Optimization Assistant sometimes has trouble with longer filenames.