After a lot of searching on other forum I came up with a resolution. I uninstalled my already installed version of "Visual C++ 14.40". I also uninstalled Turbo Tax 2024 and then reinstalled.
Once I installed TT 2024, I was shown the screen that indicated that Visual C++ was being installed (which the first time I installed it, did not happen".
Everything works now.
I also noticed that Visual C++ 14.42 IS NOT a replacement for 14.40. The installer need to have 14.40 and not a newer version.
