Cannot open company file...A required data file is missing. Check your data directory to be sure files are there...

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Good day guys,

I am using the 2018 version of Sage 50 and everything was working fine and now that I am trying to open the company file I am getting the above error message.  I checked the directory the file seems to be there but for some reason it is not opening and now I am going into panic mode because the company file nor the back up file is opening.

Can you help?

Tracia

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  • Hi ,

    Thanks for reaching out. Do you have anti-virus installed? Here's some Sage KB resources regarding that error and steps to try:

    Error: "Cannot open company file. A required data file…

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    SUGGESTED

    Hi ,

    Thanks for reaching out. Do you have anti-virus installed? Here's some Sage KB resources regarding that error and steps to try:

    Error: "Cannot open company file. A required data file is missing" when opening a data file or restoring from backup

    12444

    11122

    Maybe start by checking if it's caused by Windows permissions (updates can be to blame), KB 12444 has steps in Method VII.

    Hope this helps!
    Erzsi

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    SUGGESTED

    Hi ,

    Thanks for reaching out. Do you have anti-virus installed? Here's some Sage KB resources regarding that error and steps to try:

    Error: "Cannot open company file. A required data file is missing" when opening a data file or restoring from backup

    12444

    11122

    Maybe start by checking if it's caused by Windows permissions (updates can be to blame), KB 12444 has steps in Method VII.

    Hope this helps!
    Erzsi

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