Summary
How to check the version of Sage 50 Accounts data by checking the size of the setup.dta file.
Description
You can check the version of Sage 50 Accounts data by checking the size of the setup.dta file.
Resolution
- Browse and open the relevant Accdata directory.
By default they are:
- v33 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\V33\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v32 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2026\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v31 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2025\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v30 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2024\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v29 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2023\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v28 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2022\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v27 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2021\Company.000\ACCDATA
- v26 - C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2020\Company.000\ACCDATA
- Right-click the file setup.dta.
- Click Properties and check the Size in bytes.

To determine the version, refer to the relevant file size:
SizeVersion33,314 bytes v34 33,108 bytes v33 33,098 bytes v32 33,078 bytes v31 33,501 bytes v30 32,606 bytes v29 24,654 bytes v28 23,618 bytes v27 22,836 bytes v26