Hello, eelhslaw. 

There’s another way of transferring your QuickBooks file from one computer to another. This process involves creating a backup copy from old computer and restoring it to the new computer.

For detailed steps, please refer to this article: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/community/Getting-Started/Move-your-company-files-to-another-computer/....

Please continue on posting here in the Community if you need anything else.