User guide

Performing essential setup tasks
When you  rst open Administrator, you need
to perform some basic setup tasks, including
transferring information between Administrator and
QuickBooks. This enables Administrator to create or
update the Retail Point of Sale database  le so that
it is ready for use by Terminal.
Once you’ve run Administrator for the  rst time and
have a working database  le, you can open Terminal
and perform basic setup procedures. This includes
linking the Retail Point of Sale database  le and
entering a licence key code.
Locating your data  les
You need to specify the location of your QuickBooks
2011/12 data  le. In addition, you’ll need to indicate
where your Retail Point of Sale 2011/12 database
 le is located (if you are upgrading), or where you
want it to be located (if you are a new user).
In previous years, your QuickBooks and Retail Point
of Sale data  les were stored in your Program Files
directory by default.
In QuickBooks 2011/12, however, the default
location has been changed, primarily to accomodate
the Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating
systems. One result of this change is that you no
longer need to have operating system administrator
rights in order to access QuickBooks.