This may help for future years (for those who download TT or install from CDs... by the way, I'll only ever buy the CD from now on, since Amaz*n has started removing the download links just months after purchasing newest TT version!! <angry face>).
I never save my .tax20XX files in the "default" /TurboTax directory - I only save the downloaded TT exe files there. Instead, I create an entirely new directory in Documents simply called TAXES and within that, I create a directory for each tax year. That's where I save my TT .tax20xx files, and all other data, including PDFs of TT Help files (found by right-clicking on virtually any box on the FORMS section & clicking on the "about ____" option).
Another thing I've noticed: When working on a tax file, and you click "save," it saves it to your computer with a tilde (i.e., ~) in front. If you then click File Exit, TT asks you if you want to save your file. DO IT. I used to not save it at that question, thinking "I JUST did this," but alas, I believe now that TT saves the file withOUT the tilde when you answer that question with a "Yes." It also doesn't seem to remove the tilde files, which is a GOOD THING. Those files act as a backup to your saved file.
