Thanks! It would update just fine via the in-program check for updates option, but the problem is it couldn't read my 2017 tax return file into 2018 after it had successfully updated, and there was no way to run the not-updated CD or downloaded version of TT2018 because it insisted on updating before it would run (no option to skip updates since they were deemed "critical", and apparently TT forces the update when the updates are critical). Mostly by accident, customer service and I found out that it updates the program itself first, then something else (forgetting what), then the forms. If I hit "Cancel Update" at just the right time, I could catch it after it updated the program itself, but before it updated the forms. That state where the program was updated but not the forms would allow it to read my 2017 tax return file, and save it as a 2018 tax return. After doing that, I was able to do the update again, so that it now updated the forms that didn't get updated during the 1st update, and all was good.
