OP 13 April, 2020 - 03:09 AM
I found this on another forum and wanted to post it here for you all - It's been tested and works:
credit: oreos & RX7God from iptorrents
Code:
CONFIRMED WORKING MANUAL METHOD as of 4/12/2020
Install your turbotax
ACTIVATE WITHIN TURBO TAX, do NOT use updater that comes with package
then, follow these directions, MAKE SURE AND HIT "FILE CLOSE ALL" when you open the dll editing visual studio program, or it will give you all sorts of compilation errors when you compile
Here's some instructions I came up with, following the post from @corcoran, so you can self-crack the software after an update (Yes, you can leave on automatic updating now, just re-crack when it asks for activation!)
1. Install TT H&B 2019 and get the latest updates during setup. When it restarts and asks for activation, close the window
2. Download dnSpy-net###.zip from 0xd4d's GitHub at: github dot com/0xd4d/dnSpy/releases
3. Extract dnSpy-net###.zip to a folder and run dnSpy.exe as administrator! (If you don't, it will not work)
4. In the dnSpy program, click on File -> Open. Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\TurboTax\Home & Business 2019\32bit" and click on "Intuit.Ctg.Wte.Service.dll" and click Open
5. The file will open and be highlighted in the left pane. Click on the arrow next to the file name in the left pane to expand the item. A purple item will show, click on the arrow to expand the menu
6. Find the yellow item labeled "Intuit.Ctg.Wte.Service.Activation" and click on it. A green item called "ProductActivationService" will show, click on it
7. A bunch of orange names will now show. Find the one called "IsProductActivationRequired() : bool" and right click on it. Click on the option that says "Edit Method (C#) ..."
8. A window with code will open. Within the code, delete lines 13-30 so that the method only shows
public bool IsProductActivationRequired()
{
return true;
}
9. In the code thats left, change "return true" to "return false"
10. At the bottom of the window, click "Compile" and the window will close
11. In the main window of dnSpy, click on File -> Save Module. A window will open, click on "OK"
12. Close the dnSpy program and run TT H&B 2019. Your product is now "Activated"
Hope this helps
Heres how to add more free states:
1. Save return and close TT
2. Navigate to "C:\Users\<Your User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Intuit\TurboTax\TY19"
3. Delete "TTWinUserState.xml"
4. Navigate to "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\TurboTax\TY19"
5. Delete "Entitlement_TTWin.xml"
6. Delete "Price_######.xml"
7. Open TT, if it asks for update, go ahead and do it
8. Switch to the state that says "See Amount", click on it and a window will open asking if you'd like to use your free state. Click "Yes". It will load and show you the state!credit: oreos & RX7God from iptorrents
