If the software doesn’t work, or you can’t find the icon on the desktop, follow the steps below:

1. Creating a Shortcut

• From the Windows Start menu, choose File Explorer.
  (For most Windows installations the Start menu is in the lower-left corner of Windows.)
  
  

  Open

  

Open

• Go to the TaxSlayer Pro folder for the program year you need to restore:
  For example, if you’re trying to restore the shortcut of TaxSlayer 2020, follow the steps below:
  1. Go to This PC
  2. Open the C drive
  (or the drive where the software is installed. In most cases, it’s the C drive)
  3. Open TaxSlayer

• Open 20xxNET
  (for example, if you want 2020, open 2020Net)

• Find TaxProgram (or TaxProgram.exe)
  (there might be several files with the same name. You should find the one that is a runable application. It usually looks like this)

• Right click > Send to > Desktop (shortcut)

2. Changing the Logo on the Desktop

• Right-click TaxProgram on the desktop > Properties

• Go to Shortcut > Change Icon

• An error message may appear

   

• Click Browse

   

• Find the icon at Local Disk (C:) > TaxSlayer > 20xxNET (according to the tax year) > IconImages

• Double-click tspro.ico

• Click OK

3. Change the Shortcut Name

• Right-click the shortcut > properties

• In the Shortcut Properties window, click the General tab

• Change the name to the year plus "TaxSlayer Pro". So, if shortcut is for the year 2020, make the name 2020 TaxSlayer Pro:

When done, click OK.