@ jamesjenkins5313 wrote:
Neither of those solutions (disconnecting from internet or cancelling the update) worked for me. I'm trying to open a previous year's version and not having it update and goon everything up. Since it is for a previous year's version I can't use the online version and change my preferences about updating there. There should be an officially sanctioned way to do this without having to be a hacker.
People may need to know if you are using the Windows or Mac version of desktop TurboTax.
What are you trying to achieve in regards to the past-year return? Did you already file that previous year, and now you want to review it in the past-version program, or do you need to amend the past return, prepare a PDF, or what? What happened when you disconnected from the Internet before launching that previous TurboTax program?
BTW, before you re-open the past *.taxYYYY data file you should make a backup copy and archive it somewhere. Then in case anything goes wrong you'll always have a copy of the official data file "as filed." I realize you can't do the following unless you can successfully get in, but I also make 2 PDFs to backup in my records--one that is the return "as filed", and one that is the return with all the extra pages and TurboTax worksheets.
