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Open the Setup Center from Start Menu → Zeno → Zeno for QuickBooks Desktop after installing and restarting your chat client. It keeps a separate checklist for every company file and remembers where you stopped. Allow about ten minutes for the first company and a few minutes for each additional file. QuickBooks asks for permission once per company.

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Keep these open

Bring QuickBooks to the front whenever the chat appears stuck. Its permission dialog opens in the QuickBooks window and can sit behind your chat client.

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Find your company files

If the Setup Center has no companies yet, copy its Copy setup request prompt into your chat client. Zeno searches QuickBooks’ recent-file list and the normal company-file folders, then shows you the candidates. Confirm every file before registering it. A filename is only a suggested company name. If discovery misses a file, open it in QuickBooks and ask: “Register the company that is open in QuickBooks, then continue its setup.” Registering the open file records the exact company name and path QuickBooks reports.

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Authorize one company

Repeat these steps for every company in the Setup Center.
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Open the company as Admin

Click Open in QuickBooks in the Setup Center, or open the file from File → Open Previous Company.Sign in as the QuickBooks Admin in single-user mode. Windows administrator rights aren’t required; the QuickBooks Admin is required for this one-time permission.
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Copy the next step

Click Copy next step in the Setup Center and paste it into your chat client. Let the assistant run the harmless connection check.
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Approve access in QuickBooks

Switch to QuickBooks when the chat waits. In the Integrated Application prompt:
  1. Choose Yes, always allow access even if QuickBooks is not running.
  2. Select the ordinary or dedicated QuickBooks user Zeno should use for closed-file reads.
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Type YES in the QuickBooks confirmation when asked.
  5. Click Done.
QuickBooks keeps the selected user’s password. Zeno neither asks for it nor enters it.Choosing an open-only option is supported, but QuickBooks must then be open for reads and mirror refreshes. The Setup Center records the option you chose instead of guessing.
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Verify the permission

Return to the chat client and let the connection check finish. The Setup Center marks Permission verified and Access choice recorded.If it doesn’t, copy the next step again. Setup resumes at the first unfinished item.
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Build the local copy

Confirm the date range the assistant suggests. The prior fiscal year through today is a useful start; use a shorter range for a large file.Zeno copies the lists and transactions for that range into a local, read-only mirror. This step can take several minutes because QuickBooks returns transactions slowly.
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Answer the harmless test

Ask the suggested question about vendor spending. Read the result, including the mirror’s through-date, then let the assistant mark the company ready.This final question proves that registration, permission, the local copy, and the chat connection all work together.

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Continue with the next company

Return to the Setup Center. The finished company says Ready, and the next unfinished company shows its exact next action. Open that file and repeat the loop. Use Skip through the chat if a drive is disconnected or a company isn’t available. Zeno saves the reason and can resume it later.

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Understand closed-file access

The recommended permission lets Zeno open a registered company invisibly for reads, QuickBooks reports, and mirror refreshes. It doesn’t allow unattended posting. Anything that changes the books requires all three conditions:
  • The target company is visibly open in QuickBooks.
  • The prepared work has been shown for review.
  • You explicitly approve the write.
If a different company is open, the write stops and names the file you need to switch to.

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Ask what to do next

Once a company is ready, copy its Copy next-ideas request prompt or ask: “What should I do next with this QuickBooks company?” qb_help reads this workstation’s actual state. It prioritizes stale mirrors, reviewed plans that weren’t applied, draft client notes and playbooks, missing coding rules, and useful read-only questions. Each suggestion says whether it is read-only or needs review before a write.