Thanks for reaching out to the Community forum, @artasllc.
QuickBooks Desktop 2004 is a discontinued and no longer supported version of QuickBooks. You may consider using our trial version to upgrade your program.
Once done, you can continue creating a portable company file. Here's how:
- Open QuickBooks and log in as an admin.
- Go to the File menu at the top.
- Choose Create Copy.
- Select Portable company file and then Next.
- Give your portable company file a unique name.
- Choose a location to save your portable company file.
- Select Save and then OK.
For detailed steps, see this article: Create and open portable company files in QuickBooks Desktop.
Reach out to me if there's anything else you need. I'll be here to keep helping. Take good care.