You may confront QuickBooks error the file exists issue while working on different accounting features like paying scheduled liabilities, opening a state/federal form, and downloading payroll update. You will see the error message on the screen saying that The file you specified cannot be opened. Make sure that it is not currently being used by another program or a read-only file.
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