Oh, the "official" lack of Win 7 support for the TurboTax 2019 is applicable SOLELY to the Canadian version. The US version has been, and continue to be, more flexible (I've been using them both, so I know). The reason for the US version being more flexible may be that the Americans can talk with their wallets much easier - comparing to the Canadian folks who got so accustomed with the status-quo and the Feudal Lords.   Btw, another fundamental, this time technical, difference between the US and Canadian versions (this time with an advantage for the latter) is that the Canadian one is still C++/native based implementation (or at least until the 2018 version), which is slim and fast baby. Whereas for the last year or two, the US version started to use .NET - less ideal, more RAM and disk hungry - bloated implementation.   I'm glad that you've solved the issue you were having. And please remember, even a software firewall or other host intrusion prevention software, can easily prevent .exe, scripts and other files, from being created/extracted into system temp directories.  That can be a problem even if the app or its installation packaging is different in the US version.   All the best. ... View more

[or to your point, maybe they "patched" my suggested workaround, and they're either hiding the .msi harder, or they bootstrap the installer differently. Stupid Intuit Canada! Anyway, feel free to contact me and I can help you getting it working] ... View more

Are you sure it was the real system temp folder the one you were looking into? By default it's C:\Windows\Temp, but to be sure, or for those customizing it to be something else, fire up a cmd.exe and do: echo %TEMP%   The .msi does definitely get extracted there. Sometime inside an additional subdir, with a random name. Best bet: Run the official installer, and let it show that "win7 no longer a supported os" warning dialog. Without closing the dialog (so that the installer is still in memory, along with the extracted files including the .msi), do a full search on all of your local drives / partition, for "*msi" or "*intuit*.msi" or "*tax*.msi" (can't remember the exact name, but I may have mentioned it in my original reply?).   Or feel free to contact me at my userid followed by at geeemaaaail and the rest. ... View more

Re: "TurboTax 2019 CD/Download software will install and run on a Windows 7 computer"   This statement is only partially true: - US version of TurboTax 2019: win7 is accepted (but with a warning dialog). - Canadian version of TurboTax 2019: win7 is REJECTED completely.  Hence the sequence of steps I was recommended previously, which will allow the install to proceed. ... View more

Folks, it's simple: this is how to make it install on win7:   1. Run the official installer and wait until it shows the "win7 not supported" error dialog. 2. Do NOT close the dialog. 3. Search in your system TEMP folder for the extracted TurboTax files. You should see a "TurboTax 2019 Installer.exe" file or something like that. 4. Make a copy of the folder containing that .exe and all the other files in that folder. 5. Now you can click ok to close the "win7 not supported" error dialog. 7. Go to the folder where you made sure to copy the extracted files. 8. Run the "TurboTax 2019 Installer.exe". 9. It will again show some error log like "cannot run installer unless via setup.exe " or something like that. 10. Search again in your system TEMP folder for something like "TurboTax 2019 install.msi" (or a similar file with .msi file extension). 11. Make a copy of the folder containing the msi file. 12. Click ok to close the stupid "cannot run installer unless xyz" dialog. 13. Open a command prompt in Admin mode. 14. cd to the folder where you made a copy of the msi file. 15. Type the following: msiexec /i path_to_that_msi_file /passive   And voila, it will install, and no more Intuit stupidity. Also no need for win10, dual boot, laptops to buy, and other dumb things...   You're welcome.   ... View more

Re: " There are a number of apps that make Windows 10 screens look and feel like Windows 7.  They are easy to install - type in 'make windows 10 look like windows 7'.   This ^ along with the other posts "recommending" to buy a laptop with win10, are amongst the most idiotic recommendations. Why the heck would I want to (a) buy win10 / a crappy OS that not only is bloated but also SPIES on you, (b) buy a laptop just to have win10 or (c) Buy a win10 and customize it to look like win7.   The dumbest post I've seen. Wake up folks! ... View more

This is all hogwash. There is simply nothing preventing TurboTax 2019 - both the US and Canada editions, from working on Windows 7.   It is an artificial limitation that Intuit seemed to have purposely introduced. For the US 2019 version, at least they show you a warning dialog about Win7 becoming End-Of-Life BUT still allowing the user to proceed with the installation on win7.   For the Canadian 2019 version however, they took out that warning dialog, and the installer, by default, is blatantly preventing you from doing an install on a win7.   For how many times are the Canadians screwed over by Intuit!??   I have found a solution to install the TurboTax Canada 2019 edition on a win7. Can show you how it can be done. Just message me.   Thanks. ... View more