Upgrade QuickBooks Premier 2016 to 2014
Update (convert) your company file to a newer version of QuickBo
- Open the new version of QuickBooks.
- Choose File > Open or Restore Company.
- Click Open a company file and then click Next.
- Browse to your data file, select it, and click Open.
- If QuickBooks displays the Move Company File window, read and follow the instructions shown there.
- Read the information in the Update Company File for New Version window, click (check) the box to show you understand, and click Update Now.
- Follow the instructions to back up your company file, and make a note of where you put it, in case you need to refer to it later.
- When the message "You are about to open a company file using a newer version of QuickBooks...Do you want to continue?" appears, click Yes.
- (Recommended) After the company file is updated: Store the backup you created in step 7 in a safe place until you know you will not need it again.
- If you copied the data file from another computer to update it, copy it back again.
- If you installed QuickBooks 2007 or later, the company file from your earlier version of QuickBooks may have been moved to a new folder: Windows 8, 7, and Vista: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Intuit\QuickBooks\Company Files
