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"I've been looking for 5 months now for a solution, but nothing seems to work. Please help! Thanks! "
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Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, but 5 months??
Do you want to fly FSX?
If yes, do exactly as told here:
I've used it myself, and it works, thanks to NickN for this precise advise.
Step 1: Install Windows Installer Clean up Utility
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1. Click on the link given below and click on Run.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... sicuu2.exe 2. Click on Run and then click on Run again.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Windows Installer Clean up utility.
5. After the installation is complete then click on Start and then click on All Programs
6. At the bottom of All Programs locate and select Windows Install Clean Up.
7. A window will appear with the list of multiple programs installed on your system.
9. Click On Microsoft Flight Simulator X and then click on Remove.
NOTE: Make sure that only Microsoft Flight Simulator X is selected and nothing
8. Once the game is un-installed exit the utility, restart the system and then remove the game from Windows registry completely.
Step: Delete the game from Registry
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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. If you wish you can contact your system manufacturer to delete the registry entries.
1. Click on Start and in the search box type regedit and hit Enter
2. Type "REGEDIT" in the Run open box.
3. Press OK, Registry Editor page will load
4. On the top Left side of the screen look for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", then click on the +sign beside that
5. Click on the +sign beside "Software"
6. Click on the +sign beside "Microsoft"
7. Click on the +sign beside "Microsoft Games"
8. Locate "Flight simulator X" and delete the folder. Click on yes when it asks to delete this key and all of its sub keys.
9. Click on edit and click on Find next
10. In the find box type Flight Simulator and click on Find next
11. Delete he entry that is found and then press F3 to find the next entry. Keep on pressing F3 until all the entries of Flight simulator have been deleted.
12. Close the Registry editor.
Follow step 2 to restart the system using the clean boot method.
Step 2: Restart your computer using clean boot.
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When you start Microsoft Windows, typically there are a number of programs that start automatically and run in the background that may interfere with the game. These programs may include antivirus and system utility programs. When you perform a clean boot, you prevent these programs from starting automatically. To restart your computer by using a clean boot procedure, follow these steps when you are using Windows XP.
Note: - You may experience a temporary loss of some services functionality when you follow these steps. Restoring the settings restores the functionality, but may result in the return of the original error message or behavior.
1. Click on Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type msconfig, and then click OK.
3. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
4. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the following check boxes:
- Process SYSTEM.INI File
- Process WIN.INI File
- Load Startup Items
5. On the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box.
6. On the Startup Tab, click the option "Disable All"
7. Click on Apply, then click on Close, and then click on Restart.
Step 3: Installation of game
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1. Insert the game disc in the drive.
Note: Do not click Express Install during setup.
2. Follow the setup menus until you see the Change button.
3. Click Change.
4. In the Path box, delete the existing path, and then type drive :\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator X . In this example, drive is the drive letter of the hard disk.
5. Click OK when you are finished.
6. Follow the directions that appear on the screen to install the game.
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:20 pm