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Help with .cfg

Postby Ollie8691 » Thu May 21, 2009 10:32 am

OKay so i wanna download some new stuff, everything i download says i need to edit the .cfg   however when i go to save it, my computer says  "Cannot locate file info, check the path is right"  so erm HELP please, thanks

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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby BAW0343 » Thu May 21, 2009 10:34 am

Try saving as a new file, then rename it.

I dont know what causes that or how to fix it but this should be a temporary walkaround.
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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby Ollie8691 » Thu May 21, 2009 10:37 am

yeah but if i save it as a new file?  won't it not be a   cfg file cause it will then turn into a notepad file??
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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby chrismunc » Thu May 21, 2009 11:04 am

Assuming you are using vista, seems it doesnt like allowing modifications to files in the program files folder. The way i do it i to move or copy the cfg file to a temp folder in my documents. Then once i have edited the file i move it back to the original folder. Or modify any files before placing them in fsx.
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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby BAW0343 » Thu May 21, 2009 12:06 pm

[quote]yeah but if i save it as a new file?
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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby Ollie8691 » Thu May 21, 2009 12:55 pm

Save as didn't work,

however thank you to Chris, you did solve my problem. Yes i do have silly vista (and i hate it lol) but your idea of moving the file worked easily, thank you much   ;D
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Re: Help with .cfg

Postby Cessna172150 » Thu May 21, 2009 3:32 pm

simply drag to your desktop then edit htne save then put it back in
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