ezPaycheck: how can multiple users share the same payroll data with a shared folder if the company does not have a server.

With ezPaycheck payroll software multiple-user version, customers can share the same account data easily. If you do not have a data server to share data, you can follow this guide to share the data by using a shared folder.

Step 1: Set up the first machine, the main computer

1.1 Add a new folder on this main computer. It will be used as the shared data folder.

add a folder

1.2 Share the data folder to others. So all ezPaycheck users can access this folder.

share a folder

1.3 Start ezPaycheck and copy data to this shared folder

duplicate account

1.4 Change the ezPaycheck database path to use the shared file

switch account

Step 2: On the second computer

2.1 Create a new map drive

Open file explore, select My PC (or This PC or My Computer), right click the mouse button to map network drive

create map driver

2.2 Start ezPaycheck and switch the current database path to use shared file. Then the 2nd ezPaycheck user will see the same company payroll data.

switch account

Step 3: 3rd computer and more computers

Repeat step 2.

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