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Sage 50 - Company File & Data Path Location

Data Path Location

Since V2012 (V18) you can find it by going to:

Help>About  In the first column, third block down headed "Program Details" you will see an entry for Data Directory.

Prior to V2012 (V18) by going to:-

 Help>About>System Information>Directories>Data Directory

However, if you can not open Sage 50 it can still be found.

The location depends on MANY factors, the Version of Sage 50 and the Operating system being the two key factors, however, in addition to this data can be located in a custom location!

Fortunately there is a way to locate your data via the "company" file.

The company file is a file with no extension that contains in plain text the path to your sage data for your installation.

It is possible to have multiple installations and multiple "company" files on your system so make sure you look for the right one.

Since V2012 (V18) Sage has done things the now standard windows way. 

Open "Windows Explorer"

Unhide hidden folders  Tools>Folder Options>View>Hidden Files and Folders>Show hidden files and folders>OK

• C:
• ProgramData
• Sage
• Accounts
• (The year number of your version eg 2021 for V27)

Here you will find a file called "Company" it has no file extension so has no icon associated with it and looks "strange"

Double click it - You will be asked what application you want to use to open the file, (the exact dialogue varies from operating system to operating system - but you should be able to work it out) choose NOTEPAD do not choose anything else.

When the file opens you will find it contains one or more lines of text giving the path(s) to your dataset(s)

You have successfully located the path to your dataset.

If you right click on the company file and choose open with and select notepad, you will be able to read the contents and find the data location.

Notes:
The Company.000 dataset in the C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\xxxx directory is used for "local reports"

For older version follow below

Version 17 (2011)  or Below