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Level 3
posted May 15, 2025 2:20:52 PM

SAVE does not save back to laptop location from where I opened my TT file. How do I change the default location? Keeps saving to DropBox, not my laptop. How to fix?

every time I close out of TT, it saves to my DropBox, even though I opened the file from my laptop "tax" folder and ideally want the TT file saving to that laptop "tax" folder for further recovery for more entries. Help!

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Level 15
May 15, 2025 2:34:15 PM

Glad you are asking abut DropBox.  I don't know how that works but a lot of people are losing their .tax files and finding them there.   How are you opening your tax return?   Can you find your tax file on the C: drive in Documents?  Try double clicking on the actual .tax2024 file in Documents.  Maybe you think you are opening it from your computer but it is a Document folder under DropBox?  

 

I would try moving the tax files from Dropbox to your local hard drive.  Should be in your Documents in a TurboTax folder.  And when you are done and exit don't do a File-Save.  Do File-Save As to tell it where to save it.  

Level 3
May 16, 2025 10:38:00 AM

your last paragraph worked well, thanks