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title: "1040 - Updating Desktop 1040"
canonical: "https://support.crosslinktax.com/space/CSC/1869283902/1040%20-%20Updating%20Desktop%201040"
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> ℹ️ This article demonstrates how to update CrossLink 1040.

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**Follow the instructions below to successfully update CrossLink 1040:**

## **To Install Updates on a Transmitting Computer:**

> 📝 *If on a network, ****close the program on all workstation computers****.*

 

1. Click **Transmit**.

2. On the **CentralSite Transmit Queue**, uncheck any returns that are not ready to be transmitted, then click **OK**.

3. On the **Transmit to Central Site** dialog, click **Transmit**.

 

![image](media://2561e5c8-7758-41ac-ae4a-7f147b2c0a62)

4. When the transmission is complete, click **Software Updates** on the **Work in Progress** screen.

If the link for **Software Updates** is unavailable, no updates are available for installation and the program is up-to-date.

![image](media://1c5e2a12-63ea-4386-9f5e-1c07743baa63)

5. Click **Apply All** and the program installs all available updates.

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## **To Install Updates on a Non-Transmitting Computer:**

From a transmitting computer, create a backup disk. To create a backup disk, follow these steps:

- On the **Utility** menu, click **Updates**.
- Click **Browse** and choose the location where you want to save the update files. You must back up updates to removable media such as a flash drive or FTP/cloud storage.
- Select the updates you want to back up and then click** Create**.

1. From the non-transmitting computer, insert the backup disk into the USB or disk drive.
2. On the **Utility** menu, click **Updates**.
3. On the **Load Update(s)** tab, click **Browse**. Browse to the location of the backup disk and then click **OK**.
4. Select the updates you want to install and then click **Load**.