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[Mathias]

When in doubt, always start by deleting the user copy of the uisel.xml .
It should be located under C:\\documents and settings\yourusername\application data\microsoft\Combat Flight Simulator 3.0\uisel.xml
Or just delete the complete folder. You'll just lose your custom settings like last selected aircraft, custom keyboard settings, graphics tweaks etc.
Next search for and delete all files with extension bdp in your CFS3 installation root.
do the same with "zx" extensions.
All of the deleted files will be re-created when you next boot up CFS3.
Next run the CFS3 config tool from the start menu.
When done with all the above start CFS3, mind you, will take a while as it'll recreate all the deleted files.
Good luck!

[jonah]

I had same problem and still have Microsoft on the job, running 2.8GHZ p, G Force 5200 128MB Graphics card, downloaded latest NVidia drivers, all patches ver 3.1 and Direct x 9c and still same issue.

Any help appreciated it still dont run

[GhostFlyer]

Maybe this might help ....

On my PC I've found that the "crash to desktop" upon startup of CFS3 seems to be closely related to the screen resolution / display settings (ie. how the settings in CFS3 relate to my normal resolution settings in Windows).

For some reason, CFS3 seems to keep losing the screen / display settings that I've entered - and when this happens I always get the "crash to desktop".

What's more, I'm only using fairly "standard" settings of 1024 x 768 and 32-bit colour for both Windows & CFS3, so it surprises me that CFS3 doesn't seem to like remembering them!

Whenever I get the "crash to desktop", I find that if I run the CFS3 Config program & check the display settings, they've magically changed - usually reverting back to the "default" CFS3 setting of 800 x 600.

To get up & running again all I have to do is run CFS3 Config, set the display settings back to 1024 x 768, 32-bit colour to match my PC, and CFS3 will be okay again (until the next time it "forgets")!

Good luck!

(PS. I am also running the "No-CD" patch and have the Windows XP service pack 2 installed).

[Whitey]

You could also try installing the CFS3.1 update from here:  http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3/downloads.asp

There's also a no-CD patch that solves a lot of problems: http://www.simviation.com/cfs3utilities1.htm

[Shooter]

~s~
Some antivirus could also cause problems (like i had) even disabled or a clean boot wouldn't help with Panda Antivirus 2004 installed, it has to be uninstalled to get cfs3 to work normal.
http://www.missionoperationsgroup.net/i ... 3_page.htm

~S~ MOG_Shooter

[Boomtown Rat]

well i actually had something like that, funny thing was, i got the NoCD patch, and it just started working.