How to Change My Sage 50 Product Version

With its incredible set of tools and functions, the Sage 50 software has captured the attention of the corporate and accounting worlds all over. Whether the organization is a small startup or a growing business, the Sage 50 software can assist it in streamlining its regular accounting activities with ease. One of the reasons why Sage has made quite a name for itself is that it always keeps its products up-to-date with the demands of its user segments. It keeps on releasing updated versions to empower users with new and improved features. Users need to upgrade their previous versions to the newer Sage versions in order to enjoy the enhanced benefits.

Some of our regular readers have written to us that they have been finding certain difficulties in changing their Sage 50 product versions (from a lower to a higher one). In case you are one of them and are wondering how to change your Sage 50 version, we are here to help you! In this blog, we will discuss sequential steps to change the Sage 50 product version. After going through this blog, you will surely be able to change the Sage 50 product version on your own.

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The needs of the industry have been kept in mind to meet all the accounting needs. If the user is interested in knowing about changing the installed version of the program Sage 50, then in that case the user has to call on the toll-free number to know about the whole process from the highly trained Sage 50 tech support team. Let us explore about this topic.

The Procedure to Change My Sage 50 Product Version

This is the first important step. If you have installed the Sage software on a network, make sure to perform the steps below on the server first.

Step 1: Update your Serial Number

• Please make sure to close the Sage 50 program on all the workstations
• Go to the Server
• Right-click on the Sage icon on the desktop
• Select Run as administrator
• Now go to the Help section
• Click on Sage 50 Activation
• Go to Licensing
• Click on Subscription Options
• Choose Change your current version 
• Click OK to continue
• Enter the Serial Number of the new Sage version you want to change to
• Click OK
• Now go to the Help  section again
• Click on About Sage 50 Accounting 
• Check if your new serial number is displayed here 
• Close and re-open the Sage 50 software on the server for the update to take effect

Step 2: If the Update did not occur Automatically on the Workstations

• Close the Sage application
• Open File Explorer
• Browse to the location C:\Program Files\Common Files\Peach (32-bit)

Please Note: You can also browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Peach (64-bit)

• Open the pchans file for the relevant Sage version(as for example, open the pchans280.ini file for Sage Version 2021)
• Modify the line starting with Version= to the proper version abbreviation
• Modify the line beginning with SERIALNO= to the new serial number listed 

Please Note: Make sure to use capital letters and to include all the dashes 

• Go to the File section and click Save
• Close Notepad
• Now, navigate to C:\ProgramData\Sage\Peachtree
• Open the file Peachtree [Version].ini 
• Modify the line beginning with SERIAL= to the new serial number listed 
• Go to the File section and click Save
• Open the Sage 50 application
• Now go to the Help section again
• Click on About Sage 50 Accounting 
• Check if your new serial number is displayed here

Once the versions have been changed successfully, immediately get the new version on the server. Also, changing versions includes data conversion. The conversion wizard is also there once the company is selected for opening.

Also Read : How to Fix Sage 50 2023 Upgrade Error

Final Words

We hope from the discussion above, you have got a fair idea of how to change the Sage 50 product version on your system. If you are still finding any difficulty in doing so on your own, we recommend that you should consult with an experienced Sage professional.

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