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Hello everybody !
My problem is that I should reinstall fs2004 because
my terrain.cfg file has been deleted, fs2004 is still working but I have
weird graphic issue on my airport ( such as trees in the middle of the runway ).
If I uninstall fs2004 what will happens to my aircraft and addon scenery folders ?,
I know I will have to reactivate all the sceneries but do you think I will have
to reinstall all my aircraft add on ?

If you uninstall FS your aircraft folder will remain the same. So all your addon planes will still be there. You are correct about re-activating your sceneries. However, my experience is that FS never runs as smooth after a 'partial' uninstall. When I have to uninstall it I completely remove FS and delete all the files.

Crash

If you uninstall FS your aircraft folder will remain the same. So all your addon planes will still be there. You are correct about re-activating your sceneries. However, my experience is that FS never runs as smooth after a 'partial' uninstall. When I have to uninstall it I completely remove FS and delete all the files.

Crash ;)

Thanks a lot for your reply. I agree with you on the fact
that It's better to delete all the files before reinstalling
the whole game but I have too many addon ( >60 Go )
to proceed that way.

What i would do is if you have payware addons then find the installer and install it again (after you have re-installed Flight Simulator) but if you have freeware addons then just copy them to a folder then add them after you have re-installed Flight Simulator

What i would do is if you have payware addons then find the installer and install it again (after you have re-installed Flight Simulator) but if you have freeware addons then just copy them to a folder then add them after you have re-installed Flight Simulator

Ok but I also have to copy the effects, gauges,addon scenery and module folder
to do that way, it's too big, and I only got 10 Go of free space on my HDD.

Back up Scenery.cfg before unistalling FS9. After reinstall run FS9 once to create the databases & then paste it back in replacing the new one. That will save you re-activating all that scenery.

Back up Scenery.cfg before unistalling FS9. After reinstall run FS9 once to create the databases & then paste it back in replacing the new one. That will save you re-activating all that scenery.

Good idea ! I will do that, thanks !