How to locate company directories

Note: This article only helps determine the location of companies on your hard drive(s). It is still up to you to determine if you have found the correct version of your company. It is strongly recommended that you make no changes to the company until you have determined it is the proper version. One way of doing this is to go to Reports & Forms, Company, and run the Audit Trail Report for the appropriate time frame.

• Each company has its own folder (directory) within the data path, refer to How to find data path and program path for help finding your data path.
• All files in the folder are required for the company to function properly.
• Company folders are named with an abbreviation of the company name, refer to Company data folder name

Option 1: Within an Open Company

• Select Maintain, Company Information, and locate the Directory line in the window that opens.
  Note: The directory line will indicate the location of the open company.

Option 2: Remote Data Access Company

• Select System on the left-hand side, locate section heading Company Maintenance
  Note: Here you will find the company directory, posting method, accounting method, and more.

Option 3: Directory from the Open Existing Company Option

• Click File, Open Company
  Note: any companies located in your data path will be listed.
• On the main Sage window, with no companies open, click Open an existing company Note: this displays an opened companies history, with the location of each company given in the Directory column.

Option 4: Search for your company files using Windows search

Note:

• Before searching, locate your data path, refer to How to find data path and program path
• Each valid Sage company directory contains the file COMPANY.DAT.

Windows 10:

1. Open File Explorer
2. Click into the Search field.
3. Select All Files and Folders.
4. Enter COMPANY.DAT.
5. Make sure View is set to Detail. The location of each search result is given in the Folder column.
6. Company directories outside of the data path should be moved into the data path, by copying the folder from its current location and pasting it into the data path directory.

Option 5: Locate your company files using the Registry Editor

1. On the keyboard, press WINDOWS KEY+R keys.
2. Type Regedit and click OK.
3. On the left pane, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Peachtree\Version.
4. Expand the key for your version of Sage:
   • Version 2023: 30
   • Version 2022: 29
   • Version 2021: 28
   • Version 2020: 27
   • and so forth for older versions.
5. Expand Open History, and select the flavor folder beneath it (PTXA, PCW, PPA, etc.).
6. On the right pane, a list of recently opened companies is displayed, with the company directory of each given in the Data column.
7. When done, close Registry Editor.