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Contact QuickBooks Customer Care Support to Resolve the Issue when Duplicate Name Encountered in QuickBooks Desktop

Prior to directly resolving the issue, you must be aware of getting the duplicate names. Such situation occurs while you are managing the transactions or maintaining the sheet for your vendors or clients. In this post we will update you to debug the listed damaged company file in QuickBooks. Once you have verified data, this Verify Data Utility tool helps in displaying the error.

The error will prompt out in a manner shown to you “Verify list. Duplicate names encountered.”

The QBWin.log displays the exactly similar error and displays out the duplicate names found.

There are various types of “Duplicate names encountered” errors in QBWin.log:

  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Customer list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Account list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Class list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Employees list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Item list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Item Site list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Job Type list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Name list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Payment Method list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Shipping Method list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Template list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Terms list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Unit of Measure list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Vendor list. Duplicate name encountered.
  • LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify Memorized Report list: Display index invalid.

Contact QuickBooks Customer Care Support to get the instant solution if you are facing error besides this.

QuickBooks encounter these errors when two or more names are shown as identical. When you come across this duplication in lists which occurs while importing lists or transactions from a different company file, or on other integrated applications.

By rebuilding your company file helps to resolve elements of damaged list. If errors is displayed after building, search for and edit the duplicated names to resolve the issue. Make sure to take back up your company file.

Method 1: Find the duplicate names

  • Use the QBWin.log file to find the duplicates.
    • Search for QBWin.log or QuickBooks.log files.
    • Hold Ctrl + End to move to the bottom of the company file.
    • Hold Ctrl + F to search for the Find window and search for the word “duplicate” in the log file.
    • Search for the name, account, customer message and many more which is shown in the error message.

If you are not able to search the duplicates you can consult with QuickBooks Customer Care Support.

  • Use the Master Name List to search for duplicate names.
    • In the Banking menu, click on Write Checks.
    • Choose to Pay to the Order of field and hold Ctrl + L so that the Master Name List can be opened
    • Choose the Include inactive checkbox to get active and inactive names.
    • Choose the Name leading to sort the name in alphabetic order, regardless of type.
    • Search for names which have similar names

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  • Use your regular lists to find accounts, items, templates, etc.
    • Click on the Lists menu and then choose the exact list. For Memorized Report List:
      • Click on Reports
      • Choose Memorized Reports
      • Click on Memorized Report List.
    • Choose the name to which you can arrange in alphabetic order
    • Search for the names which are similar.

If still you are getting the error of duplicate names, you can try for next step or connect with our chat experts.

Method 2: Edit one of the duplicate names

  • Modify one of the names:
    • Open the specified list where the name is available.
    • Double-click on the name in the list to which you want to edit
    • Modify at least a single alphabet to make it different from rest of the name available in company file.
    • Choose OK.
  • Follow the above step for all names which are showing the supplicate names in the QBWin.log file
  • Run the Verify Data Utility tool to make sure that there should be no more availability of duplicate names.

Once you are over with the following of above steps you can check whether all duplicate names are modified or not, if still even a single name exists you can contact us at QuickBooks Customer Care Support. You can also drop us a mail at support@quickbooksupport.net. Stay in touch with our executives present 24*7 to guide you.

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