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From https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/tax-return/help/how-to-download-and-install-lacerte-prep-fil...
To install a prep file for Lacerte 1990 to 2015:
- Sign in to My Account
- From your dashboard, click Previous Years.
- Select Older Prep Files back to 1990 (.zip).
- Click Save, then click Open folder.
- Double-click the zip file you downloaded to open it.
- Click Extract all.
- Select a destination you can easily find, like your desktop. Click Extract.
- Open the destination folder and locate the prep.YY file for the tax year you need.
- For example, to install a 2014 prep file, locate prep.14
- Right-click the prep.YY file, then press Copy.
- Browse to the program installation directory, C:\Lacerte\YYtax.
- For example, if you're installing a prep file for the 2014 program, browse to C:\Lacerte\14tax.
- Create a new folder if it doesn't already exist.
- Right click and Paste the prep file into the C:\Lacerte\YYtax folder.
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