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While QBP 2006 is apparently unsupported by Intuit (surprise!), it is possible to install it on Windows Vista Home, 64-bit edition. I encountered two problems, with both solutions documented somewhere on a QB support site, but only viewable via the Google page cache. To ensure their availability, I am re-posting the steps here.

During the install, there will be a failure in registering a OCX file for shipping, ZRush_ShipRush3_QB.ocx. The error will be regarding 1904.module. I simply clicked “Ignore” and install finished successfully.

Next, I ran reboot.bat which is located in the Quickbooks 2006 directory under Program Files (x86)/Intuit. It will register various files.

Finally, I changed the EXE files for QBP to run in Windows 2000 SP2 compatibility mode and started Quickbooks. It should be possible to run Help -> Update QuickBooks…

When starting Quickbooks after, the update installer will run, but still explodes on ZRush_ShipRush3_QB.ocx. I simply clicked Ignore again. The update did succeed. The error recurs during each update.

Error 1904.Module
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks\ZRush_ShipRush3_QB.ocx"
failed to register.

I never had all the updates actually apply, so it remains to be seen if the above actually works.

Update, November 12th. Thus far, it doesn’t seem to have worked. I haven’t had the interest in messing with it anymore of late.