@Fiat Lux - ASIA  , your not understanding my plain English.

ARCHIVE feature is no longer and hasn't been around for several years.

I don't want to just condense my file... I want to cut it down to size in chunks and access those Archive files just like I would any other Active file!

My file is not corrupt, i have zero issues with it.   Ideally what I was currently going for was the "Period Copy" feature that is ONLY in the Accountant version of the software.  I don't want to pay $800 for software I would only use that ONE feature for.  Especially NOT on a Yearly basis now, that is just a joke!

I can't even service my clients properly now because both myself and my client must pay an annual price for software that we could go several years without upgrading... and before you say, well why aren't you using the "Online" version... see my comment above!  I have used it for a several clients, both me and the client hate it so bad.  In fact, i've converted a few to the Desktop version... long story short.