What are the steps to troubleshoot QuickBooks Error 15101

A QuickBooks payroll or QuickBooks Desktop upgrade may cause the QuickBooks error 15101 to appear on your screen. This technical error prevents you from using the QuickBooks program to manage your finances by an error notification, which informs you that QuickBooks Desktop failed to update. Problems with flawed digital signature certificates and inappropriate internet settings are the most frequent causes of this error. In this post, we'll learn more about these and other potential causes. At the end of this post, we'll make sure that you are able to fix QuickBooks error 15101.

1^st Walkway: Run Reboot.bat

• Before you begin, you must shut down the QuickBooks Desktop program.
• Click Properties and Open File Location after selecting the QuickBooks icon with the right mouse button.
• Go to the context menu of the Reboot.bat file and choose Run as Administrator.
• You can see a command prompt window on your screen that scrolls through QuickBooks files.
• Please don't shut down the command prompt window manually. The Reboot.bat file will immediately expire after QuickBooks services have been restarted.
• Restart QuickBooks and attempt to process payroll one final time.
• Continue to the following option if the previously mentioned one did not help you fix QuickBooks Error 15101.

2^nd Walkway: Set Internet Explorer as default browser

Follow these steps to make Internet Explorer your default browser:

• Launch Internet Explorer and select the gear icon in the top-right corner of the window.
• Choose Internet Options there.
• After that, click the Make Default button on the Programs tab.
• To save the changes, click OK after the process is complete.