I'm trying to read and old turbotax file from 2001

[DoninGA]

If you used TurboTax for the 2001 tax return and you have the .tax file, there is a service that is available to convert the .tax file to a PDF.  It is expensive and is not affiliated with TurboTax so use at your own risk.

Go to this website - https://www.taxprinter.com/