Methods To Fix QBCFMonitorservice Not Running On This Computer

by Larry Wilson I am a specialized and trained Cloud consultant

QuickBooks company files are securely stored on your system as they hold critical financial data of its users. But, the software can sometimes behave inappropriately while opening a company file under the influence of internal issues. QBCFMonitorservice Not Running On This Computer is a common issue that stops users from accessing their data files. If you come across this issue while using QuickBooks, this blog will help you with finding out the reasons and a reliable way to terminate the issue.

Let a QB support team handle the issue by giving them a call at 1-855-856-0042 to seek assistance.

Reasons

You receive this error message while opening a company file or sharing it on a multi-user network. The potential causes QBCFMonitorservice causes problems in QuickBooks are mentioned below-

QuickBooks faces strict restrictions of the Windows Firewall and fails to run its background processes efficiently.
An antivirus has blocked the QBCFMonitorservice.exe, which develops issues when QBDT tries to fetch the file.
QBCFMonitorService.exe isn’t allowed to run in the background by other Windows applications on your computer.

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Solution

You’ll repeatedly encounter issues while running a data file until you fix this issue in QuickBooks. We have mentioned a dependable procedure below applicable to remove this error from your PC-

Solution- Add new Firewall ports for QBDT and remove QBCFMonitorservice.exe from the block list of the antivirus

You’ll face problems opening a company file if QBDT fails to run the QBDCFMonitorservice.exe. This happens when the Windows Firewall imposes restrictions on QuickBooks and forbids it from executing its functions or antivirus on your PC isolates the file. You must prevent QBCFMonitorservice.exe from getting blocked by antivirus and remove other QB files from its quarantine list. A better option is to turn off the antivirus while running QuickBooks to prevent issues. Once the antivirus is disabled, you must add new Windows Firewall ports for QuickBooks to ensure the software functions and process doesn’t get blocked in the future. Refer to the following steps to configure the Windows Firewall ports on your PC-

Press Windows + X on your PC and open the control panel from the menu that appears.
Go to the Windows Defender Firewall window in the control panel and click the Inbound Rules option.
Select New Rule and go to the Ports option.
Tap Next to open the next window and click the TCP option between UDP & TCP displayed on the screen.
Move to the Specific Local ports section and check out the following list to add new firewall ports according to the QuickBooks version you use-

QuickBooks Desktop 2017:8019, 56727, 55373-55377
QuickBooks Desktop 2018:8019,56728,55378-55382
QuickBooks Desktop 2019:8019, XXXXX
QuickBooks Desktop 2020 and recent:8019, XXXXX.

Choose the correct port for your QuickBooks and click Next.
Tap Allow the connection and click Next to create a new rule.
Give it any desirable name and tap Finish to save the changes.
Repeat all these steps again after selecting Outbound Rules instead or Inbound Rules.
Close the control panel menu and run QuickBooks again.

Conclusion

This blog gives a broad understanding of the reasons for QBCFMonitorservice Not Running On This Computer. We expect you to apply the procedure given in the blog to prevent issues while opening a company file in your QuickBooks.

Talk to a QB expert at 1-855-856-0042 to resolve your remaining queries about this error.

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