Hi skoe,

Dealing with error messages isn't a fun experience but don't worry, I'll be happy to steer you in the right direction. QuickBooks is designed to help bring simplicity to the way you manage your business. 

Based on what you've described, I see you've spent a lot of time on this. Your time is valuable and it's vital you get the support you need ASAP. I recommend contacting our support team using this link here. One of our specialists will be able to share your screen and help get you back on track with your work. 

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to leave them in the comments below. I'm here to help. 

Contacted support and worked through this.  Turns out the errors are too many and we'll have to start a new company file.

Glad to hear back from you. I'm happy you were able to get in touch with our support team. Let me know if you have other questions, I've got your back. 

@skoe 

You may consider asking a 3rd party file repair service to check your file as another option. 

I tried to get to the online article for Error 179, the window opened, but it was blank.