# Getting started

## [Installing and Signing In to ProWork Desktop](https://app.guidde.com/playbooks/gLkLBhPxWzAyJ74wFxb8Y9)

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Let's install ProWork Desktop and get you signed in quickly. This video demonstrates how to select, install, and access ProWork Desktop through the plugin page.

#### 1. Starting ProWork Desktop Installation

Let's install ProWork Desktop. You go into the plugins page, you are in the home page.

![Starting ProWork Desktop Installation](https://static.guidde.com/v0/qg%2FLCfxK8ZIcmdPPTttoNItqaKyJmx1%2FgLkLBhPxWzAyJ74wFxb8Y9%2F6gNaCNQKBN8X19Aptd9QAx_doc.png?alt=media\&token=6f1bdfd5-4c7e-4c18-b2f4-ea93322fcbda)

#### 2. Selecting And Installing ProWork Plugin

Then you go to the plugin page, you select desktop or Excel, whichever ProWork you prefer. Select ProWork Desktop. These are all the features of ProWork Desktop. It can embed a direct link to the tax software. Click on install ProWork. You have a prompt that shows the data you can read. You can name it anything. Tools, desktop, press next. It will give you a download option. When you click on download, you

![Selecting And Installing ProWork Plugin](https://static.guidde.com/v0/qg%2FLCfxK8ZIcmdPPTttoNItqaKyJmx1%2FgLkLBhPxWzAyJ74wFxb8Y9%2FhQTeZUkSAVBeRLufgnurKX_doc.png?alt=media\&token=93cd0cf5-3357-4c2a-bb24-6c781eedec9b)

#### 3. Accessing Sign In Page

Will reach this space here. Then you can go ahead and click on sign in. You will be presented with the login code function.

![Accessing Sign In Page](https://static.guidde.com/v0/qg%2FLCfxK8ZIcmdPPTttoNItqaKyJmx1%2FgLkLBhPxWzAyJ74wFxb8Y9%2F1GinkHpiJvm452h7dyAYjf_doc.png?alt=media\&token=7fdefb8e-3190-43f8-8e38-1a6e41bfcb49)

#### 4. Using Login Code To Sign In

You can copy this, paste it, and sign in. That's it.

![Using Login Code To Sign In](https://static.guidde.com/v0/qg%2FLCfxK8ZIcmdPPTttoNItqaKyJmx1%2FgLkLBhPxWzAyJ74wFxb8Y9%2F48DeSFxF3VGR1bCJFWRVSp_doc.png?alt=media\&token=b9a5c521-5843-4d4b-a18e-4da7203cd962)

This video shows how to install ProWork Desktop, configure its settings, and complete the sign-in process using a login code.

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