Tried to reinstall Turbotax premium 2023, when open Turbotax the updater received an error message 2023 Cal error, which prevents me to use Turbotax all together. Why?

[jychien]

My Turbotax premium 2023 is on a CD which includes California state tax returns.

[VolvoGirl]

I think you have Turbo Tax Premier (Premium is the Online version).  What is the error message or code?  Is it error 190?    Try this......

After you get the program installed or reinstalled the first thing to do before you open your tax return is to update the program and install any state programs you had. Then open your file. So you first might need to start a fake return to be able to download the state program (go to FILE - NEW). Enter some basic information, then go to the state tab and download the state program. Then try to open your existing return, go to FILE - OPEN

Error 190 for state
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/bugs-and-error-messages/help/error-190-when-opening-file-in-turbot...

[VolvoGirl]

Are you trying to install it from the CD?  Try going to your Intuit online account and download it from there.  The download will have all the updates.  Since you now have to log into an Intuit Account when you first install it, all your downloads and licenses are listed there (even if you bought it from somewhere else) so if you need to install it again or install on another computer, even on the other operating system (Windows, Mac) you can download it again. 

Access your downloads here
https://shop.turbotax.intuit.com/commerce/account/secure/login.jsp?pagecontext=download

If you can't find your download, use this TurboTax account recovery website to get a list of user ID's for an email address. Run the tool against any email addresses you may have used
https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery