Configuring tally.ini file to automatically load companies:

If you are using Tally accounting software to manage accounts of multiple companies and frequently use some of them. So every time you start Tally you have to open all those companies to work with. You can configure tally.ini file which is resides in Tally folder to automatically load required companies when you start Tally. Here is the process to do so.

Step 1: Start Tally.

Step 2: Press F1 (Select company option) and note down the company numbers, which do you want to open automatically when you start Tally.
(Tally manages companies by unique company number. It is a four digit number such as 0001, 0002, 0003 and so on).

Step 3: then Go to My Computer.

Step 4: Open Tally Folder.

Step 5: Open Tally.ini file. It looks like the picture below.You find the line "Default companies=Yes". This line says that Tally will load default companies at Tally start up. You may see a list of default companies below this line.

load=0001

it means tally will load the default company 0001. If you want to load more company at tally startup. you can add more lines.

load=0002
load=0003
load=0004

Step 6: Save this file and Start Tally, Tally will automatically load the desired companies for you.

If you don't want to preload a company in Tally then remove the related load statement of the particular company.