You can download the beta now (I got it yesterday afternoon),  but all of this uninstall/reinstall stuff is rubbish. Impulse will detect any Stardock app and suggest the appropriate update. It doesn't matter when/where/how it was installed.

 How do you download the beta from impulse, is it automatic? I'm asking cause when I open up impulse it lists TA in the games / update section but I don't see any options on downloading the beta.

EDIT: Nvm I got it eventually by following the steps in the "let's take 2.0 for a spin" post (had to uninstall/reinstall)

For anyone following this thread, a little something to make life easier re:2.0.

If you don't see the update, first click the blue orb, then go to preferences/folders, and click the "Reset Data" button. This should bring it up. Also, make sure you have ticked the "Show Pre-Release Versions" boxes.

This worked just fine for me without re-installing.

It seems to be a hit and miss thing . I blue orbed, reset data, showed pr-releases and nothing. (all of this on an original Impulse install), then I used the Impulse uninstall feature, and re-installed it and now I have the beta. Who knows, maybe its an issue with mods or files altered by the editors (my bet), or maybe  its glitchcraft. Who cares I got it now, and maybe someday I'll get past the shipyard editor and actually make it into the game.

I have version 1.96 or something and I guess this is not the new beta....  There is nothing on Impulse... I guess I qwill have to uninstall and try again.

Just for curiosity's sake, how long did you wait for the update to show up? I ask this because Impulse is slow- mind numbingly, frustratingly, screaming at the monitor slow. It took several minutes for it to finally show up for me, and most of the time it was hard to tell if Impulse was doing anything at all.

When the update finally showed up, and I began the download process, it took more than 10 minutes for it to be completed. Over 10 minutes for a 10 meg file! I do archive, but still... At least during this part of the process there is some activity that shows that the program is actually doing something, albeit at a snail's pace.

Not really sure, not more than 20-30 seconds I imagine , then I went the route of uninstall/install. The uninstall took  1-2 minutes, and the reinstall took maybe 5 min.

Ah, I see. If you waited a bit longer, then it *probably* would have shown up for you, but since the un/re install went so quickly, it's a non-issue.

BTW, how did you uninstall Impulse? I can't find the option anywhere.

I didn't. I uninstalled Twilight. In My Games, right click the game icon and the is a menu of  9 options.