Almost purchased FSX, then read a certaoin review - what do you think?

Hi, I went to Amazon to look into purchasing FSX ("Gold Edition"), and read a few of the reviews. Below is a quote from the third one down on this page (supposedly from a pilot): http://preview.tinyurl.com/7mhad8p "Maine AV8R" ...

Message posted on the May 13th, 2012 - 2:01 PM ET

Cannot re-install FSX

I inadvertently deleted the FSX folder without un-installing the program first. Now I can not re-install the program because FSX insists on repairing itself instead, which I let it do. However, FSX refuses to run after an apparent failure in the ...

Message posted on the June 15th, 2012 - 04:27 am ET

Help! FSX error:"FS CANNOT run without a valid SCENERY.CFG. Please uninstall...

...and re-install.." Anyone know the fix to this problem? I restored a backup of the scenery.cfg but it did not fix the error. I also completely restored a known good backup of the fsx folder, but this too failed and I still get the same ...

Message posted on the May 01st, 2013 - 04:31 pm ET

Memorable FSX Glider Flight.

I have been pretty busy at work lately, so I haven't been here as much as I would have liked. But every once in a while I still sneak a couple of hours for an FSX flight. I thought that I would share a memorable glider flight I had recently with ...

Message posted on the January 20th, 2012 - 02:02 am ET

FSX fatal error

Further to my previous post about my FSX fatal error, I still can't resolve the problem. It occurs 15 - 20 seconds after I start the program and the splash screen appears. I get a 'fatal error' message and the program crashes to the desktop. So ...

Message posted on the March 25th, 2013 - 05:54 pm ET

FSX application data dirctory

I'm writing an application that needs to read and write the scenery and fsx config files. According to the FSX SDK notes "Application data for Flight Simulator X running on Windows® XP is stored in the C:Documents and Settings<user ...

Message posted on the December 20th, 2009 - 11:52 pm ET

Repost - FSX Scenery Toolbox

Just in case this post didn't how a few days ago, I am reposting it now. I received this email from the Megascenery bunch and wonder if you think it's a good idea to download this free application. Opinions if you have one: A Must Have Free ...

Message posted on the January 17th, 2013 - 10:34 am ET

FSX Re-Installation Problems

This week I decided to take the advice of some posters here and un-install the FSX Acceleration Expansion pack that I had added to FSX on my Windows Vista 32-bit Ultimate Edition machine. However, after I uninstalled Acceleration, FSX would not run ...

Message posted on the August 19th, 2009 - 02:46 pm ET

FSX add on scenery question

I've always been a bit confused about adding scenery to FSX. I notice for example that of the two Dover AFB sceneries I've located, one simply says to extract the two .bgl files into the FSX add on folder, restart FSX and enjoy the scenery. Another ...

Message posted on the January 19th, 2012 - 05:20 pm ET

FSX performance boost that surprised me

Fellers, You guys probably are aware of this but in any event, I always fire up Vista Services and kill a bunch of services not needed in FSX. I then follow up by invoking Task Manager and killing running applications not needed. Along with ...

Message posted on the December 03rd, 2012 - 01:12 pm ET

Around the Great Lakes in FSX

I have just completed a circumnavigation of the Great Lakes in the FSX default Cessna 172. Start- and end-point KMDW Chicago Midway, direction of travel was clockwise because I figured that prevailing winds would probably be westerly and I wanted ...

Message posted on the May 30th, 2012 - 02:44 am ET

Installing the Acceleration Pack for FSX

I'm having trouble installing Acceleration (from the FSX Gold DVD) to a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit and FSX. I followed NickN's instructions about loading and restarting and so on, but the installer would not run. Googling, I found a ...

Message posted on the September 30th, 2012 - 12:15 pm ET

Switching task back to FSX

Windows 7 running Aero and TrackIR. Start TrackIR. Start up FSX.. all fine. ALT TAB out to do something, FSX won't let me back in. The icon remains in the task bar, I click on it and I just get the little windows jingley ding dong sound and it ...

Message posted on the October 29th, 2012 - 04:13 pm ET

FSX and old FSX scenery

Is there some way to install old payware scenery (with installers) into FSX? I recall, (and I might even have it on my old drive), an empty folder tree of FS9 you could install into. When you're done all the files and where they belong are dropped ...

Message posted on the October 26th, 2012 - 02:32 pm ET

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