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ANSWER ID: 9208

Shortcuts A shortcut is an icon on your computer's desktop provide quick access to your programs. This support note explains how to create a shortcut to open your software, and create a shortcut to open your software and automatically open your company file.

The instructions below are applicable for classic AccountRight versions (v19 and earlier) on Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP.

desktop which provides a quick way to open a program.

When you install AccountRight v19, a shortcut is created on your desktop to start AccountRight. If you need to recreate this shortcut, we'll step you through it. We'll also show you how to modify the shortcut so it not only opens AccountRight, but also opens your company file.

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This support note assumes AccountRight is installed in the default location on your computer's Local Disk (C:) drive, for example C:\Premier19 or C:\PremierClassic (for v19.13 and later, Australia only).

If you are 're working on a different drive or you have 've installed AccountRight in a different folder, you will need to take that into consideration when following the instructions below.

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title1. Create a shortcut to open AccountRight

The instructions below describe how to create a shortcut on your desktop which, when double-clicked, will launch your accounting software.

  1. In a clear In an empty space on your desktop, right-click and choose New then choose Shortcut. The Create Shortcut window will be displayed.
  2. Click Browse. The Browse for Folder window will be displayed.
  3. Click My Computer (or Computer) then click Local Disk (C:).
  4. Click the folder where

    your software is installed, for example Premier19. The contents of this folder will be displayed.Click the

    AccountRight is installed. Here are the default installation folder locations.

     v19.12
    (and earlier)
    v19.13
    (and later)
    AccountRight Standard
    C:\Standard19
    N/A
    AccountRight Plus
    C:\Plus19
    C:\PlusClassic
    AccountRight Premier
    C:\Premier19
    C:\PremierClassic
    AccountRight Enterprise
    C:\Enterprise19
    C:\EnterpriseClassic
  5. Within the installation folder, click the file called Myob.exe or Myobp.exe (depending on your software versionAccountRight version).
  6. Click OK. The file and its location will be displayed in the Create Shortcut window as shown below.
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  7. Click Next.
  8. Enter a name of this shortcutfor the shortcut, for example MYOB AccountRight Premier v19.
  9. Click Finish. The shortcut will be displayed on your desktop as shown in the following example.
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titleCreate a 2. Modify the shortcut to automatically open your company file
  1. Right-click the shortcut created in the previous section of this support note then If you don't already have a shortcut to open AccountRight, create one as described above.
  2. Right-click your AccountRight shortcut and choose Properties. The Properties window will be displayed.
  3. Click the Shortcut tab. The Target field should contain contains the name and location of AccountRight's executable filethe file which starts AccountRight, for example Myobp.exe , located in C:\Premier19 as shown below.
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  4. Add the name and location and name of your company file to the Target field (in quotation marks), for example "C:\Premier19\Clearwtr.MYO"
    Include a space between "Myobp.exe" and your company file name and location as shown in the example below.
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    Using a network location?

    To link your shortcut to a file in a network location, enter the path and name to the network file. We recomend using \\server\path\name.myo to connect to a file.

  5. Click OK. Now when you double-click your shortcut, the software will launch and your company file will be opened.

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    1. Click in the Target field after the ".exe"

    2. Press the space bar once to add a space after the ".exe"
    3. Enter the location and name of your company file within double quotation marks. For example, if your company file name is Clearwtr.MYO and it's located in C:\Premier19, add this to the Target: "C:\Premier19\Clearwtr.MYO"

      Here's an example for AccountRight Premier v19.12 (or earlier):
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      Here's an example for AccountRight Premier v19.13 (or later):
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  2. Click OK to finish. Double-clicking the modified shortcut will open your AccountRight software and your company file.

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titleWhat if my company file name (or the folder it's in) has spaces?

If your company file or the folder containing the company file it's stored in has any spaces in the name, you may 'll need to use quotation marks for when setting up the shortcut to work correctly.

For example, if the company file name is called XYZ Company Data.myo then , the Target field of in the shortcut Properties window would readbe:

C:\Premier19\myobMyobp.exe "XYZ Company Data.myo"

(Note there's a space between .exe and "XYZ)

In the next another example, AccountRight Premier has been installed into a folder called MYOB Program and the XYZ Company File is stored on network drive N: in a folder called MYOB Data. As both the program location and the company file name and location contain spaces, both elements will need to be enclosed in quotation marks. The Target field of this shortcut's properties would be:

"C:\MYOB Program\myobp.exe" "N:MYOB Data XYZ Company File.myo"

(Note there's a space between MYOB and Program and .exe" and "N:)

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