Finding the System Release directory if I use Contacts or Client Compliance to access AE Tax

This support note applies to:

AE Tax Series 6 & 8 (AU)

Article ID: 29185

In MYOB Accountants Enterprise you may need to locate your Sol64 folder in order to complete a procedure in another Knowledge Base article or in response to an MYOB Support request.

Please ensure that you use the process that relates to the platform that you use to locate your Sol64 folder:

Using Contacts
Using Client Compliance.

Contacts Users

From outside MYOB AE use the following instructions:

Follow the menu path: Start > All Programs > MYOB Accountants Enterprise > Contacts. The Contacts module opens.
From the Help menu select About MYOB Contacts. The About MYOB AE Contacts window opens.
Click Application details. The MYOB AE Contacts Application Details window appears.
The System Release Path will display the Sol64 directory. Example: S:\Sol64\

Client Compliance Users

From outside MYOB AE use the following instructions:

Follow the menu path: Start > All Programs > MYOB Accountants Enterprise > Client Compliance. The Client Compliance module opens.
From the Help menu select About MYOB Client Compliance. The About MYOB AE Client Compliance window opens.
Click Application details. The MYOB AE Client Compliance Application Details window appears.
The System Release Path will display the Sol64 directory. Example: S:\Sol64\

MYOB Internal Notes

An alternative way in identifying the Sol64 folder

1. In the MYOB AE Contacts Application Details window, note the Database Location. In this example, S:\Data\Solution6\ is used.

2. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to the Database Location specified at step 1, for example, S:\Data\Solution6\, and find the file ae_tax.ini.

3. Double-click on the file ae_tax.ini to open it.
The ae_tax.ini - Notepad window appears.

4. Note down the location of the SystemReleasePath, which is the location of your Sol64 folder.
For example, SystemReleasePath=s:\sol64\