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Hey everyone, I got a shot of nostalgia and decided to play flight sim 2004. I installed with no issues, however when I go to open it, nothing happens, it doesn't even show up in the task manager. I have tried to open it both normally, and as an administrator, as well as tried various compatibility modes, but nothing has worked as of far.

Any solutions?

a) have oyou also installed the MS patch fs91upd.exe
b) search and install the FS2004NoCD file
c) Run FS9 as Admin and in compatibility with a previous Windows (W7 is probably best)

It runs just fine under these conditions.

As Canuck1955 says and also, best to install on a drive other than C: and in a folder other than Program Files (x86).

Have a look here..
To INSTALL FS2004 to your Windows 10 PC

1. Install into C:\ NOT into it's default C:\Program Files
2. Install the 9.1 updatel
3. Install the 9.1 nocd patch (replace the existing FS9.exe with the patch)
4. Right-click the FS9.exe, select Properties
5. Select Compatibility mode, & select XP
6. At bottom, then select 'Run as Administrator'
7. Double click the desktop icon


To COPY & PASTE from your OLD PC to your NEW Windows 10 PC

From your OLD PC:
1. Copy the whole FS2004 folder to a portable drive
2. Open the Documents Folder & copy the 'Flight Simulator Files' folder to a portable drive
3. Find the FS2004.cfg file & copy it to your portable drive
This is normally found in C:\Users\xxx(your user)\appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\FS9
An easy way to find this FS2004.cfg is to download EVERYTHING from www.voidtools.com
(This is a very fast desktop search engine that will find the file as you type)

Once all that is done:
1. Plug the portable drive into your NEW PC
2. Open the C:\ folder & copy & paste the copied FS2004 folder therein
3. Right-click the FS2004.exe & 'Send to Desktop (create shortcut) You now will have a Desktop FS2004 icon
4. Copy & paste the 'Flight Simulator Files' folder into your 'Documents' folder
5. Right-click the FS9.exe, select Properties
6. Select Compatibility mode, & select XP
7. At bottom, then select 'Run as Administrator'
8. Double click the desktop icon
THEN
9. Copy & Paste the FS2004.cfg file into C:\Users\xxx(your user)\appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\FS9
10. Double click the desktop icon

NOTE: I'm interchanging FS9 with FS2004. Be consistent with your install!

Give a shout if you get stuck..

Robin
Cape Town, South Africa