URGENT: "Could not access network location Forms\mai_23" when updating TurboTax 2023

I urgently help getting TurboTax 2023 to resume working as the tax return extension I previously filed requires me to submit my 2023 tax returns by Oct. 15, 2024.

 

Here's what's happening:

  • When click on the TurboTax 2023 desktop icon on Windows 10, it brings update a TurboTax 2023 - Updater window.
  • When I then click on the Update TurboTax 2023 button in that window, that window goes away, and a User Account Control window comes up.
  • When I click on the Yes button in that window that window goes away, and a a TurboTax 2023 - Updater window comes back up.
  • When the progress bar in that window gets to 96%, a Software Update Error box comes up stating "Could not access network location Forms\mai_23".
  • Clicking on the Retry button in that box just causes the error to recur.
  • On the other hand, clicking on the Cancel button in that box it dismisses the box and then the TurboTax 2023 - Updater windows then displays:
    Failed Updates:
    Program Updates
    Failed to install update. Microsoft Installer error: 1603, Fatal error during installation. Check
    for solution
    Massachusetts
    Microsoft Installer error: 1606, Could not access network location Forms\mai_23. Check for
    Solution
  • When I click on the OK button in that windo, a window briefly comes up claiming "Restarting TurboTax 2023", but TurboTax doesn't come up.

What I've tried:

  • I uninstalled TurboTax 2023, and reinstalled it from the DVD, but after that the same thing still happens.
  • I downloaded w_perrelsuperpathIS_ttax_2023.exe and ran it to manually install it, but after that the same thing still happens.

Does anyone reading this have a solution for this?