Solution 1: Check the Compatibility of QuickBooks with Excel Due to incompatibility of your QuickBooks and MS Excel, you may not export any report to Excel. So, here you have to first check it out whether the software is compatible or not. If it is not, make it compatible first by upgrading the QuickBooks Desktop to the latest version and then try to export any report. Follow the given instructions to upgrade:
First of all, login to your QuickBooks account by entering the correct credentials Now, once you are successfully logged in, purchase the latest version of QuickBooks and then download it on your operating device After that, run the setup and uninstall the existing version of QuickBooks to prevent any technical issues from being happening Carefully install the upgraded version of the QuickBooks software with complete precision If upgrading QuickBooks doesn’t fix QuickBooks Won’t Export to Excel issue, proceed to the next solution.
Solution 2: Update QuickBooks to the Latest Version Make sure the version of your QuickBooks is up-to-date. Follow the below points to update your QuickBooks with the latest version if it out-of-date:
Open the QuickBooks application on your computer system Navigate to the Main menu and then click on “Update” button Wait for the updating process to complete Before you start the update process, make sure that you have a stable Internet connection Now, try again to export the QuickBooks reports or files to MS Excel. If yet it is not exporting, continue to the next solution.
Solution 3: Repair Microsoft Excel on your Windows If an Office application such as Word or Excel isn’t working correctly, then sometimes simply restarting it will fix the problem. But if that doesn’t work, you can try repairing it by following guided steps:
First, give a click on “Start” button and then go to “Control Panel” Next, from the “Category” view, go to “Programs” section and select “Uninstall a program” Click the office product you want to repair and then click “Change” Depending on the copy of Office either Click-to-run or an MSI-based install, do the following for your Office installation type: Click-to-Run installation type:In How would you like to repair your Office Programs, select Online Repair to make sure everything gets fixed, and then select Repair. MSI-based installation type: In Change your installation, select Repair and then click Continue. After then that, follow the on-screen prompted instructions to complete the repair Once your Microsoft Office has repaired, go back into QuickBooks and then try to export a report again. If continuously facing the same error, go ahead with the next troubleshooting steps.
Solution 4: Toggle Windows User Account Controls (UAC) Toggling your Windows UAC settings for on and off will reset anything that blocking the export feature. Here, what you have to do is:
First, open the Windows Start menu on your PC Now, type “User Account Control Settings” into the search box and then open User Account Control Settings Select and move the slider to “Never Notify” And then click on “OK” tab After that, restart your computer
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