TT 08 on my computer along with TT 07?

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16 years ago

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 3:00 AM

I installed TT Deluxe this past week for t/y 2007 on my XP system. Under the TURBOTAX install folder are now TWO versions of TT - one for 06, the other for 07. Each folder fully populated with the exes, dlls, etc.

I don't recall seeing multiple years sitting on the computer at the same time - not that it bothers me in any sense, and maybe I even manually uninstalled the prior years version in the past and just am having a senior moment now. But has anyone else noticed this 'new' behavior, or indeed, is it just me forgetting the past?

(And the are two entries for both 06 and 07 in the UNINSTALL PROGRAM panels).

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16 years ago

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 3:06 AM

Perhaps the title of this post might have been better "TT 07 on my computer along with TT 06"!

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16 years ago

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 4:08 AM

Hi, Andrew.

It's entirely possible to have two or more years' TurboTax programs installed side by side. In fact, I've done it many times. I would probably have several on here right now except that I've had to reinstall Windows and Vista so many times - especially while beta-testing Vista - that I've not bothered to re-install prior years TT after re-installing Windows.

As has been discussed here before, an accounting program like Quicken can serve multiple years. Many users here are still using Quicken from at least

5 years ago, and some report still running MS-DOS versions. The only reason to update Quicken is to get new features, or to continue downloading transactions from banks or other sources after Intuit "sunsets" online access support for the older versions. Trying to share a single QDATA fileset between two years' versions of Quicken is usually a recipe for disaster.

But an >> I installed TT Deluxe this past week for t/y 2007 on my XP system. Under

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16 years ago

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 12:59 PM

OK RC - thanks - I guess I must have manually deleted the previous incarnation each year then. I could have sworn that I did not do this in year's past. Oh well! (And of course, I understand what you say. In fact, I just this week had to file a 1040X amended return (using last year's program before I installed this years) and it specfically urged you to do the 1040X using the t/y program that created the original return; also offered a link to purchase it if you didn't still have it!

Thanks!