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Open Multiple Companies in Sage 50 Accounts v28.1

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Summary

This guide explains how to open more than one company at the same time in Sage 50 Accounts v28.1 and above.

Description

You can now open multiple instances of Sage 50 Accounts, allowing you to easily switch between different companies. 

NOTE: Opening a new company by clicking File, Open and then selecting Open Company Data will close the open company and open the selected company, this function works as it does in previous versions.  

Resolution

 To do this:

  1. Open Sage 50 Accounts as usual, and login to one of your companies.
  2. Open the Windows Start Menu.
  3. Find the Sage Accounts folder, and click Sage 50 Accounts.

TIP: You can also double-click your desktop shortcut to open another instance of Sage 50 Accounts. 

A new window will open, and you'll be prompted to select the company you want to log in to. 

NOTE: The number of companies you can access at once will depend on the amount of memory available on your computer.


TIP: You can use this process to log in to different companies, if you choose to login to the same company twice on the same computer, you'll be logged out of one session.