mfs2004 wont run plz help

[zpreston]

I dont get it!! I've loaded the game some time ago and it ran just fine. I stop playing it so I uninstalled it but when I installed it again and try to run it it wont do anything  :'( any ideas? plz help

[Sir_Crashalot]

Hi zpreston and welcome to Simviation.

When you try to play do you insert disc 4? With out it it will not work.

Crash

[zpreston]

yes I do have disc 4 in and nothing happens and thanks for the welcome

[eno]

Do you get any error messages?

[ozzy72]

Have you moved the program between drives? Or recently made any major changes to your system? When you say doesn't run does anything happen at all?

[zpreston]

nope all that happens is the disc well spin in the drive for 15-20 sec. then stops. no messages or anything

[zpreston]

umm... major changes to my system?  No

[ozzy72]

Have you tried cleaning the disk and drive?

[Sir_Crashalot]

Ok, let's try this;

Uninstall FS2004 completely. Then go to C:/Program Files. Delete the file Microsoft Games. Go to C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Application Data/Microsoft. See if there is a file called FS9, if so delete it.

Re-install FS2004. It's a long shot but it might work.

Crash

[Hagar]

If we're to help you need to be as specific as possible. Perhaps you can answer these questions.

First of all, did you do a complete uninstall of your original FS9 by removing all traces of the previous install from your PC?
Was the original FS9 installed to the default location?
When you reinstalled FS9 did you install it to the same location as before?
Did you get any error messages during the install or did it hang up?
When FS9 runs for the first time it continues extracting CAB files & writing databases. This takes several minutes. Did you exit the install before allowing it to do this?
Where are you attempting to run FS9 from? The desktop shortcut or Start/Programs?

One suggestion. Find fs9.cfg & delete it. Then try running FS9 from the Start/Programs option.

[zpreston]

yes I cleaned the disc but not the drive. could it be the the drive? It did insatall the game and im not sure how to clean the drive

[zpreston]

did you do a complete uninstall of your original FS9 by removing all traces of the previous install from your PC? ---yes I think i did it was along time ago

Was the original FS9 installed to the default location? ---Yes

When you reinstalled FS9 did you install it to the same location as before?---Yes

Did you get any error messages during the install or did it hang up? ---No

When FS9 runs for the first time it continues extracting CAB files & writing databases. This takes several minutes. Did you exit the install before allowing it to do this?----No

Where are you attempting to run FS9 from? The desktop shortcut or Start/Programs? ----desktop shortcut

[Hagar]

Where are you attempting to run FS9 from? The desktop shortcut or Start/Programs? ----desktop shortcut

OK. Please try running it from the Start/Programs menu.

[zpreston]

OK. I ran it from the Start/Programs menu and it still wont work and I cant find the fs9.cfg

[Ashar]

OK. I ran it from the Start/Programs menu and it still wont work and I cant find the fs9.cfg

The FS9.cfg can be found at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9  Where it says username, put your username...If you're running Vista, the location is slightly different...