Workaround 3 – Perform Scheduled Backup to an External Drive Next, check the “Run this program as an administrator” checkbox under the Privilege Level section.And then, select Windows 10 from the drop-down. In the QB properties dialog box that opens, select the “Run this program in compatibility mode for” checkbox.Right-click on the QB icon on your desktop, and click on Properties.Workaround 2 – Run QuickBooks as an AdministratorĮnsure you are running QB as an administrator to avoid any problem with the automatic (or scheduled) backups. You can fix this error by selecting the “Run only when user is logged in” option under QuickBooks. Error ID 202: Last System Error: The system cannot find the path specified. QuickBooks encountered a problem attempting to backup C:\DATABASES\QB_XXXXXXX\XXXXXXX.qbw – Drive specified could not be accessed. Also, they get the following error QBBackup.log file: Note that some users, even after changing the “Configure for:” setting to “Windows 10,” experience failing backups.