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[Boikat]

So, have you figured out how to make the Merlin work under 7? It won't execute for me. I have the thumbnails but when I select to fly it, FS goes into some sort of "FS 2004 is not working..." mode. I think I may be having problems with the Sounds.dll folder/files. I am not sure I need to drop the entire folder into the Sounds.dll folder, or if I need to drop individual files into the Sounds.dll folder. I'm kinda busy now; have to do it later.

I don't have Win 7, so I have no idea what the problem could be.  For fs9, you don't need a thumbnail in the texture folder, so that's not the problem.

[hhomebrewer]

I thought you had 7. Disregard. My stupid...

[Opa]

Your conversation regarding the Merlin has peaked my interest.

Tried to search back to the original post without luck to find a link to the aircraft in question.

Would one of you please post a link to it?

[Boikat]

Your conversation regarding the Merlin has peaked my interest.

Tried to search back to the original post without luck to find a link to the aircraft in question.

Would one of you please post a link to it?

Here it is:

http://www.simviation.com/simviation/st ... 86&page=42

[Opa]

Your conversation regarding the Merlin has peaked my interest.

Tried to search back to the original post without luck to find a link to the aircraft in question.

Would one of you please post a link to it?

Here it is:

http://www.simviation.com/simviation/st ... 86&page=42

Thanks -

Just installed it and took it for a quick spin - what a hoot!!

I have the GaugeSound.dll in my main Flight Simulator folder only (it has been there for ages) and it works properly.

Anyway, the Merlin worked just fine for me and I expect to fly her quite often now.

[Hagar]

Your conversation regarding the Merlin has peaked my interest.

Tried to search back to the original post without luck to find a link to the aircraft in question.

Would one of you please post a link to it?

Here it is:

http://www.simviation.com/simviation/st ... 86&page=42

Thanks -

Just installed it and took it for a quick spin - what a hoot!!

I have the GaugeSound.dll in my main Flight Simulator folder only (it has been there for ages) and it works properly.

Anyway, the Merlin worked just fine for me and I expect to fly her quite often now.

Thanks for confirming that Opa. I've been saying the same thing for weeks now. Perhaps hhomebrewer will believe you.

Here's the link to the original post. http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1282499743/6#6

[hhomebrewer]

Your conversation regarding the Merlin has peaked my interest.

Tried to search back to the original post without luck to find a link to the aircraft in question.

Would one of you please post a link to it?

Here it is:

http://www.simviation.com/simviation/st ... 86&page=42

Thanks -

Just installed it and took it for a quick spin - what a hoot!!

I have the GaugeSound.dll in my main Flight Simulator folder only (it has been there for ages) and it works properly.

Anyway, the Merlin worked just fine for me and I expect to fly her quite often now.

Thanks for confirming that Opa. I've been saying the same thing for weeks now. Perhaps hhomebrewer will believe you.

Here's the link to the original post. http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1282499743/6#6

Oh, I believe you, Hagar. You know much more about this stuff than I do. A year or so ago, I could download and install a model in just a few minutes. They always worked. Then my custom machine (below) developed problems and I set it aside for about seven months. I used an older machine while my big one was down. During that time, I forgot how to install planes. My new machine has Win 7 on it. I had XP on it before the repairs. The smaller, old one has XP. I've just forgotten everything I knew how to do to install a plane. My time is limited now, so it takes me a while to get around to gettin' things done.

[Hagar]

Oh, I believe you, Hagar. You know much more about this stuff than I do. A year or so ago, I could download and install a model in just a few minutes. They always worked. Then my custom machine (below) developed problems and I set it aside for about seven months. I used an older machine while my big one was down. During that time, I forgot how to install planes. My new machine has Win 7 on it. I had XP on it before the repairs. The smaller, old one has XP. I've just forgotten everything I knew how to do to install a plane. My time is limited now, so it takes me a while to get around to gettin' things done.

Ok, I accept that. From what I've seen of Windows 7 it's not as user-friendly as WinXP. That might depend on the way you have it set up.

However, as I pointed out before, it would only take a couple of minutes to try my suggestion. Find GaugeSound.dll in Merlin01.zip & paste it into your FS9 root directory. That's the main Flight Simulator 9 folder.* Then fire up FS9 to see if that fixed it.

*PS. I note you have Windows 7 64-bit. The default location for FS9 is C:\[glow=yellow,2,300]Program Files (x86)[/glow]\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9

[Opa]

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*PS. I note you have Windows 7 64-bit. The default location for FS9 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9

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I would hope that he did some research first and heeded the advice of many to not install FS under Program files in Win 7. 

Anything installed there is subject to the all of the permission and security checks of Win 7 - which can be most frustrating and cause FS or associated utilities to fail.

Experienced users now seem united in their recommendation to install it under something like C:\FSGames.

[hhomebrewer]

I just put the disks in and let 'er rip. Yes, the install went into the x86 place, but the sim launches just fine. My computer guru turned off all that admissions and permissions garbage when we installed 7. I've never even seen any of it. This is why I pay people to do things I either don't know how to do or don't feel like doing.

[Hagar]

So, did you try my advice & did it fix your problem? You have no idea how frustrating this is.

[Opa]

I just put the disks in and let 'er rip. Yes, the install went into the x86 place, but the sim launches just fine. My computer guru turned off all that admissions and permissions garbage when we installed 7. I've never even seen any of it. This is why I pay people to do things I either don't know how to do or don't feel like doing.

I hope your "guru" really knows what he is doing.

MS put those protections there for a reason. If he actually disabled all of the "garbage" as you called it, you are left vunerable to a number of nasty things such as as malmare and viruses.

It is not something most of us are not willing to risk.

[hhomebrewer]

I just put the disks in and let 'er rip. Yes, the install went into the x86 place, but the sim launches just fine. My computer guru turned off all that admissions and permissions garbage when we installed 7. I've never even seen any of it. This is why I pay people to do things I either don't know how to do or don't feel like doing.

I hope your "guru" really knows what he is doing.

MS put those protections there for a reason. If he actually disabled all of the "garbage" as you called it, you are left vulnerable to a number of nasty things such as malware and viruses.

It is not something most of us are willing to risk.

I smack any malware and viruses nightly with MalwareBytes, followed up with a Glary Utilities chaser. I have NOD-32 on constant guard for viruses. I update Windows every other Tuesday. Got it set to do it automatically. Since I got Windows 7 and NOD-32, I have had very, very little trouble with bad stuff. It's a great OS. Beats XP all to hell. I never used Vista because of how poor people said it was, so I can't speak to that OS. But this 7 is great-- worth the $140 it cost.

No, Hagar, I have still not done the Sounds thing. I'm lazier than the day is long today. A friend whom I cannot stand has not bothered me for two weekends, and I am enjoying not seeing or hearing from him. I'm reloading ammo, something I love to do. It's sunny and warm here. The blazin' hot days are behind us. I've got a 22-ounce bottle of smoked Porter in the icebox. Life is good. I'm taking it easy...

[microlight]

I have to say that I completely agree with homebrewer about W7 being a worthy replacement for XP. I went with trepidation to W7 64-bit after having to replace my laptop, but as far as FS9 is concerned, installing outside the Program Files (x86) folder (as Opa has always advocated) has meant not a single hiccup with FS9.

One thing that is slightly different, actually: I used to use GrabClipSave for screenies in XP, but under W7 all I got were black JPGs. However, I now capture using the screenshot mode of Fraps, with excellent results.

[hhomebrewer]

One thing that is slightly different, actually: I used to use GrabClipSave for screenies in XP, but under W7 all I got were black JPGs. However, I now capture using the screenshot mode of Fraps, with excellent results.

I have Fraps on, but use the Snipping tool for stopped pictures. How do you use Fraps for screenies? Thanks.