Hey everyone, I tried searching for the answer to this question but couldn't find a definitive one.

The situation is this: I have a 1.04 GB company file that is 21 years old, and I want to reduce the file size for better performance. Today I created a portable file as a test, that took the size down to 144 MB, which is a huge decrease. My understanding is that Quickbooks shaves off all customizations including logos, templates, etc. when creating a portable file.

My question is, if I were to restore the portable file and place it back in the original location (after backing up my original file), and give it the same file name as the original, will it find and restore all the existing customizations and support files in that directory? If so, this would be a better solution for me than condensing the file which has me a little nervous about losing data.

Thank you all in advance!