Section 1: No previous customized reports
- Browse using windows explorer to the company data folder. Refer to How to locate company directories, for information on how to locate the company data folder.
- Rename the RPTDATA.DAT file to RPTDATA-OLD.DAT.
- The program will create a new file when the company is re-opened.
Section 2: Recovering custom reports from a backup file
- Browse using windows explorer to the company data folder. Refer to How to locate company directories for information on how to locate the company data folder.
- Find a recent backup and copy and paste to the desktop.
- Right-click on the .ptb file and changed the extension to .zip and click enter.
- Right click on the .zip file and select Extract All.
- Follow the extraction wizard till its completed.
- Open the extracted folder and right-click then RPTDATA.DAT file and select Copy.
- Browse to the data location of the company again and delete the RPTDATA.DAT file in the folder and Paste the RPTDATA.DAT file recovered from the backup.
- Now you should be able to see your reports.