I'd also get disappointed when I encounter an error message and only get fixed for a short time, @DPeronteau.
I've seen that you're also replied on this thread to share your sentiments and find solutions further in the Community: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/banking/re-system-typeinitializationexception-erro.... And I'm here to hear it and share with you ways to help ease this permanently.
In your case, since you have done all these fixes and workarounds for years and the error still comes back, I'd suggest submitting a bug report. This will help alert our product engineers and fix this promptly without undergoing many troubleshooting steps:
- Go to the Help menu.
- Select Send Feedback Online and then choose Bug report.
- Provide the details, especially your email, so you'll receive updates.
- Hit Send Feedback.
That way, they'll take action on this and be able to share critical fixes specific to System.TypeInitializationException error that may require you to update QuickBooks Desktop in the latest release soon.
Additionally, here's an article you can read for more solutions about fixing System Exception errors. You'll want to bookmark this article for future use.
Feel free to tag me in your comment if you have other QuickBooks-related concerns. I'm always here to help. Keep safe and more power to your business, Dale!
