Accountants Office KB848461825 hotfix (New Zealand)

Release date—December 2025

Practice Manager

Accountants Office only

You can add your new accounting year and periods before the start of the new financial year in Accountants Office. This lets you enter your timesheets and bills for the new financial year.

You can add only one year from the current year.

Install guide

Prerequisites

You must have MYOB AE/AO version 5.4.54 installed. To check your current version, click Help > About.
Ensure you have administrator access to the server where MYOB AE/AO is installed.
Ensure all users are logged out of MYOB AE/AO.

Installing the hotfix

Go to my.MYOB and download the MYOB_AEAO_CA_5.4.54_NZ_Update_KB848461825 file to your server location where you installed MYOB AE/AO.
Double-click the executable to start the installation.
In the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.
Select I accept the terms in the licence agreement. Click Next.
In Ready to install window, click Install to start the installation.
On the Install Completed window, click Finish.

Updating workstations

Workstations are updated automatically as part of this hotfix if auto-updates are enabled. If auto-updates are disabled in your environment, run a workstation install on all workstations.

Follow the steps for the product and setup you use:

Log in to the workstation as an administrator.
Navigate to the setup.exe file on your server or computer where the server installation was performed:
- AO: \MYOBAO\AOSQL\WorkstationInstall\setup.exe
Double-click setup.exe.
In the Software licence agreement window:
- Select I have read and accept the licence agreement
- Click Next.
In the Ready to Install window click Install Now. The Installation Progress window opens.
On completion, the Installation Complete window opens.
Click Finish. The workstation installation is complete.

If you receive an “Open file security” warning message when opening MYOB Accountants Enterprise on a workstation, click Run or OK.

Terminal server

Log in to the terminal server console.
Open Control Panel > Classic View.
Click Install Application on Terminal Server.
Click Add New Programs.
Navigate to the setup.exe file on your server or computer where the server installation was performed:
AO: \MYOBAO\AOSQL\WorkstationInstall\setup.exe.
Double-click setup.exe.
In the Software licence agreement window, select I have read and accept the licence agreement and click Next.
In the Ready to Install window, click Install Now.
The Installation Progress window opens.

If you receive the message, If you receive an “Open file security” warning message when opening MYOB Accountants Enterprise Workstation, it is recommended that you restart your computer, click OK.
On completion, the Installation Complete window opens.
Click Finish. The workstation installation is complete.
Reboot the terminal server.

Post-installation steps

Confirm a successful installation

On your server or workstation, go to the Central\Deploy folder. The default location for AO is C:\MYOBAO\AOSQL\Central\Deploy.
Sort the folder by Date modified.
Find the following files and confirm the date modified.
- For the server:
  - HotfixList
    Date modified – This is the date of installation.
  - MYOB.PM.BusinessLogic.dll
    Date modified – 12/12/2025 10:19 am
  - MYOB_VPM_Maintenance.dll
    Date modified – 12/12/2025 10:19 am
- For the workstation:
  - MYOB.PM.BusinessLogic.dll
    Date modified – 12/12/2025 10:19 am
  - MYOB_VPM_Maintenance.dll
    Date modified – 12/12/2025 10:19 am