@cparke3 I have sort of the opposite problem: I'm trying to enable the state return for MA and VA for 2018 (I paid for them back in 2019).
My state is asking me to file a missing 2018 filing (its beyond 3 years due to special circumstances -- I'm a veteran). So I re-installed my copies of 2017 and 2018 Turbotax Home & Business. 2017 let me download the state forms yesterday (Feb 23, 2023), but the 2018 TurboTax would not download the state forms that it automatically needs since the return was created using those state forms in 2019 when they were downloadable. Why did I reinstall? Well, my previous computer died. So now I cannot complete the .tax2018 state return nor carry over that data to the .tax2019 and subsequent returns. Is there anyway to get my 2018 TurboTax state files downloaded and working? Again, 2017 downloaded fine, as did 2019 yesterday.
Ok, so I removed the windows os harddrive from the broken computer and tried to swap it into another computer, but it would not boot. Different PC, so that was a long shot anyhow. Yet the hard drive and all the files and folders are intact. I believe it has an installed TT 2018 on it with the MA and VA state forms enabled. I want to transfer those forms and any registry permissions to the new install.
I am wondering if I install TT 2018 onto the windows laptop and then copy all the TT 2018 folders and files, overwriting any duplicates from broken computer's hard drive, and then add or modify windows registry settings, I may be able to get the state returns to work on the new install. Let me know if you follow my logic and if you think it may work.
Then the question is what registry keys do I need to add. Can I analyze the broken laptops registry keys for TT and add those to the new install PC? How would I know if I got them all? Thanks for any help.
