Just downloaded Turbotax Standard, installed, but does not start

[TomWaterloo]

Thanks for the suggestions, especially @TooBusyForThis . Just to say: on Windows 11 I downloaded the new VC runtime as suggested, but still no luck, whether I run as regular user or as Administrator. And I am using the latest TurboTax download as well.

It is very disappointing, that a major software company selling important software can't get their program to run on a standard Windows 11 laptop. 

[TurboTaxBrenda]

Which web browser are you using? Did you try Microsoft Edge?

[TomWaterloo]

Hi Brenda, I am using the desktop application so I don't think Edge or Chrome has anything to do with this problem. The only thing I used a browser for was to download the installer.

[TurboTaxSusan]

@TomWaterloo Have you tried just moving your mouse over the blank screen to see if you can find the box to enter the code by seeing the mouse cursor change?

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[Sonicboom]

ensure your temp folder exists and the drive where your temp folder resides is not full.

right click on "This PC" from your desktop, then select "Advanced system settings" under "Related Settings" on the right, then under "System Properties", "Advanced" tab, select "Environment Variables", under both "User variables for [your user name]" and "System variables", look under the Variable column and find "TEMP" or "TMP", then make sure the "Value" is pointing to a folder that 1)exists, 2)have remaining storage spaces <-- I suggest minimum 1GB. (prefer anything upward of 5GB)