The Quickbooks database server apparently needs an admin to stay logged in while it runs. I'm wondering if you can make it run as a service or in a startup script. The fact that it also closes when you close it instead of minimizing to the tray makes it look pretty lame.
It seems to be designed to search for QBW files on a whole drive instead of simply remembering the folder you select. Are users supposed to open the file as before and rely on the manager to act transparently? This mechanism is strange for a database server. Does it hook file access so that it can find the file and control access to it whenever somebody opens any QBW file on the selected drive?