If you want to store your company files in another location on your computer, you can change the default library folder.

1. Open the Set Library Location window:
   • [Windows 7] Go to the Windows Start menu and open the MYOB AccountRight program folder, open the Tools subfolder, and click Set Library Location.
   • [Windows 8] Open the All apps view and locate the Set Library Location tool (you'll find it in the MYOB group). 
   • [Windows 10] Go to the Windows Start menu, click All apps, open the MYOB folder and click Set Library Location.
     
2. Click Browse and navigate to the folder you want to use as your library.
3. Select the folder and then click OK. The Set library location window reappears.
4. Click Set Location. A message appears reminding you that the new library location must be on a local drive.
5. Click OK.
6. If you haven’t already done so, use Windows Explorer to move the company files to the new library location.

A network library is just a local library located on another computer in the network. To open a file stored in a network library, or to save a file to a network library, the library must be added to your network library list.

Before you do this, check that AccountRight Server Edition is installed on the computer you want to connect to (available from my.MYOB website: Australia | New Zealand) and find out the computer’s network address. This could be the computer name you see in Windows when browsing your network (e.g. John’s Computer), or the computer’s IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.5). Note that you can't connect to a file stored on a NAS drive.

1. Start AccountRight and click Open a company file. The Library Browser window appears.
2. Click Network Libraries.
3. Click Add a network library. The Add a network library window appears.
4. Enter a name for the computer the library is on. For example, type John’s library.
5. Enter the IP address of the computer, or the name of the computer where the library is. For example, type 192.168.0.5 or John’s computer.
6. If you can’t use the default port number for this connection, click Advanced and enter the port number you want to use.
7. Click OK. The library now appears in the list.
8. Continue to open or save the file as required.

1. Start AccountRight and click Open a company file. The Library Browser window appears.
2. Click a library option on the left, then click Add a company file to this library.
3. Navigate to the library folder or subfolder where you want to save the file. The file will be copied to the library and folder that you select.

A library folder is automatically created on your computer when you install AccountRight. However, if you have many files (for example, because you are a bookkeeper), you can add subfolders to the library using Windows Explorer to help manage your files.
 

AccountRight company files are stored in the AccountRight library folder on your computer, or the network computer that hosts the file. If you want to permanently delete a file from your library you need to delete it from this location.

1. Open Windows Explorer (Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 10).
    

2. Go to the Documents > MYOB > My AccountRight files folder (or the folder where your library is located).
   

   Can't find your file? 

   AccountRight company files have a .myox or .myo file extension. You can try searching for your file (such as YourFileName.myox) or for all files with this file extension (such as *.myox). If your file is stored on another computer (such as a file server), make sure it's switched on or not in sleep mode.

3. Select the file and delete it.

No, you can't create a shortcut to open a company file. This is because a shortcut would be associated with a specific AccountRight version, so each time a new AccountRight version is released the shortcut would need updating.