The QuickBooks Web Connector is a Microsoft Windows application that permits web-based applications to activate data sharing with QuickBooks Desktop Product. The .qwc extension file is an XML file that is created to link with the QuickBooks desktop product and QuickBooks Web Connector opens it automatically. With an e-commerce website QuickBooks can be merged and to perform the integration, the web hosting company that host the business website must provide the web connector service.
To exchange data between QuickBooks desktop and third-party applications and online applications we need to install a web connector. Web connectors run into many errors like many applications. One such error is QuickBooks error QBWC1085 or Exception error and issues with the log file.
This error occurred when the log file named qwclog.txt is missing, damaged, and corrupted. Due to this, QuickBooks fails to interact with data from third-party applications means to say neither receive nor deliver.
You might see the following error message on your desktop screen:
QBWC1085: QuickBooks was impotent to indite to the log file. QuickBooks Web Connector will continue without indite to the log file.
Exception Type Error: Unknown name
Error message QBWC1085 has many meanings
- QuickBooks is incompetent to inscribe to the log file.
- There is an issue with the log file.
- Web connector is free to run without a log file.
Log file: (The log file maintains the record of all changes about to be made to the company file before actually being recorded in the company file. Log files help us to discover the cause of certain errors in the desktop company file).
What causes QuickBooks error code QBWC1085?
We must know the QuickBooks error QBWC1085 cause. Some of them are as follows:
- Updating problem with QuickBooks web connector.
- Administrative rights are not set properly.
- Installation is not done accurately-commerce
Important: When the web connector is not connected with third-party applications then uninstall the web connector from the system to escape from web connector-related issues.
Methods to troubleshoot the QuickBooks error QBWC1085
Steps to remove the QuickBooks web connector QBWC1085 from the start-up menu in the system:
- Sign in to computer Windows as an Admin.
- Press the Windows key from the keyboard and click on Computer to see disk drives and other hardware components connected to the computer.
- Select C: drive and click on it and then follow this path:
- (C:)—>Program data—->Microsoft—> Windows—> Start Menu—> Programs—> Start-Up.
- A Start-up window will appear, then select QuickBooks Web Connector and press the Delete key from the keyboard.
- Restart Computer.
- Run the QuickBooks again and Check the Error has been resolved.
When the Web connector is connected with third-party applications so that means there is a need to stay in the Start-up Menu to rename the log file. The steps are as follows:
- Close the QuickBooks accounting application and Web Connector.
- Visit C:\ProgramData\ Intuit\ QBWebConnector \log
- Find the Log File QWCLOG.TXT.
- Select and right-click on it and then choose to rename it from the drop-down list options.
- At the last step while working on the file name add Old i.e.; QWCLOG.TXT to QWCLOGOLD.TXT. then Save it with the new name by pressing Enter key.
- The web connector application must be deployed now.
- After that Restart the Computer and Open the QuickBooks Desktop Software.
- Try to login into third-party and online applications.
Summary:
This drives us to the end of the article, where we expect that after carrying out the above processes, the user will be able to fix the issue with much. However, if by any chance the QuickBooks error code QBWC1085 continues to trouble you, then do not hesitate in speaking to our 24/7 QuickBooks error support professionals and certified experts.
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