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Locating Lacerte .ini files
by Intuit•1• Updated 5 months ago
This article contains a list of Lacerte's .ini files and their locations.
List of Lacerte .ini files
The abbreviation TY in filenames refers to the tax year.
- wTYtax.ini
- TYtax.ini
- LacerteHostName.ini (TY2009 and later)
- Lacerte.ini (TY2008 and earlier)
- wTYsetup.ini
- wTYcal.ini
- updsched.ini
- DMS.ini
Locations of .ini files
Locations of .ini files used by 2010 Lacerte and later are stored in the following directories.
- For Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\
Application Data\Lacerte - For Windows Vista and newer: C:\USERS\
Appdata\Roaming\Lacerte
Paths include hidden folders, so set Windows to show hidden files and folders. Instead of browsing to the folder, enter either a system variable or a shell command.
- For all supported versions of Windows:
- the system variable is %AppData%
- the command is shell:AppData
- For Windows XP:
- Click Start and then Run...
- Type either %AppData% or shell:AppData in the Open: field and click OK.
- Double-click the Lacerte folder to see the different Lacerte ini files.
- For Windows 7, 8, 10, and above:
- Click Start (the Windows Flag button)
- Type either %AppData% or shell:AppData in the Search box and click OK.
- Double-click the Lacerte folder to see the different Lacerte ini files.
- The system variable %AppData% may also be typed into the address bar of Windows Explorer.
The DMS.ini for DMS version 8 and earlier (the version shipped with the 2010 Lacerte Tax program) continues to use the TY2009 location, described below.