FSX trail expired, and now does not work(Full game

[Wingo]

You're missing nearly everything. A full install is somewhere in the region of 15gb!

I've done some quick research for you. There are two possibilities. One is that the registry key that is referencing FSX is corrupt. You mentioned installing SP1? It is quite possible that it may have read and corrupted you registry key.

The other possibility is your Windows Installer is screwed. I would reinstall it first to eliminate it from the equation. Go here to download the latest redistributable http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en

Once you have installed that, try to re-install/repair FSX first. If you try to uninstall it may not work as the installation is so corrupt. If this works and FSX installs, uninstall it all, restart, open up the FSX folder location and delete any left over folders and reinstall FSX. This will ensure that you can fully and properly uninstall FSX to give you a clean slate to work with.

If installing the Windows Installer doesn't work, and you are comfortable with using the registry, you can try this.

On XP hit Start > Run and type Regedit and hit OK

On Vista hit Start and in the search box type Regedit and hit Enter

Now you should have regedit open. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0

Highlight the 10.0 folder and on the right pane a list of keys should be displayed. Check the CDPath key value points to your CD/DVD drive. For example mine is F:\. If yours is incorrect, double click CDPath and change the value to reflect the CD/DVD drive. If you have multiple, point it to the drive you have loaded the FSX DVD into.

Next is SetupPath, and this should display the location of the FSX main folder. By default it is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

If you left it on default during the installation, it should say that. If you changed the path that FSX installed too make sure it is correct in that key. If it is incorrect, double click the SetupPath and change the value to relfect the loaction of your FSX folder.

Once you have checked/changed this give the reinstall a go and follow the process above.

[Sgt-Tai]

well thw frist part didnt work, and I couldnt do the second part because I deleted all the files to see if I could reinstall then. guess i should of backed them up, I am proably gonna call Microsoft in  thee next few days

[Wingo]

It doesn't matter if the files are there or not. If you browse through the registry those values will still be there. Make sure those values are correct and you should be able to run the repair/reinstall. If they are correct, then you may go to the extreme of deleting the key from the registry. What this will do is when you run the FSX installation, it won't find the registry key so thus it will think it is a fresh install, allowing you to install it from scratch. Just make sure everything is deleted, including the files from the FSX folder inside the Application Data folder (the folder that contains the FSX.cfg)

[Sgt-Tai]

well i mean i deleted the main fsx file, only my microsoft gamees file is there
so all that is there is Microsoft

[Wingo]

These aren't files/folders on your computer, they are keys inside the registry which is completely separate from it. If you've deleted everything you should still make sure the key points to where the folders were. Also you need to make sure that CDPath points to the CD/DVD drive you are using. Even though you have deleted everything, it is still worth making sure the registry key is correct as this may fix your problem.

[Sgt-Tai]

k ill try, if i can ill post a pic of what i see, because im not seeing the path you posted

[Sgt-Tai]

it is listed as D:\

[Sgt-Tai]

well it looks like the path is the same and my location looks to be the right thing

[Wingo]

The only thing left for my to suggest is to delete the key, seeing how you have deleted all the files. If you are comfortable with doing this browse to that registry location again, right click the 10.0 folder and select delete. This will remove the key referring to the location of FSX. Now when you run the install from the FSX disk, it will allow you to do a fresh install instead of repair or uninstall.

[Sgt-Tai]

The only thing left for my to suggest is to delete the key, seeing how you have deleted all the files. If you are comfortable with doing this browse to that registry location again, right click the 10.0 folder and select delete. This will remove the key referring to the location of FSX. Now when you run the install from the FSX disk, it will allow you to do a fresh install instead of repair or uninstall.

should i maybe back this up first? or is there no way to do that

[Wingo]

You can back it up. Select the 10.0 key and select File>Export and save it. If you wish to put it back go file>import and select it

[Sgt-Tai]

well i deletted the leys and it still cant install, if i cant get this fixed by tuesday ill proably be calling microsoft

[Wingo]

I'm out of ideas. There have been others with this problem, and they've fixed it by fixing the Windows Installer or the registry

[Sgt-Tai]

Well thanks for trying, im gonna try Microsofft