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I have FSX Gold and a Saitek x52 stick. In trying to program buttons, keys- do I use the Controls menu in FSX and just assign buttons to functions/
Or, do I use the Saitek Profile Editor, build a profile and program that way?
The Saitek site is very confusing and their support is a figment of my imagination.
Thank you--

What I do with my Saitek Cyborg X Fly5 joystick...or any other one, is just program all the buttons etc, from the Flight Sim drop-down Controls menu menu.

I don't bother with the complication of using the Saitek Driver CD options.

...sorted!... ...!

Paul.... ....!

Hey there coalpedlar, I have a saitek X-52 and I do as Paul said. I just use the FXS to assign the buttons and sliders as I too find the Saitek set up too confusing. It may just be I'm too old and slow on the draw but I have had the stick for about 6 years now and every once and a while I take a look at the Saitek way of assigning the controls and it is more confusing to me each time that I see it. The FSX setup is the quickest way for a set up and gets me flying quicker.

Keep smiling
Tug

Yep that's what I do, however I though I would be a bit clever and once I had assigned the controls I saved a copy of the
C:\Users\Rich\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Controls standard.xml file. I though it might save a bit of time just copy the file on the next install, but it won't work, anyone any idea why.

do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.
for example, I use "FixedWing.xml" and "Helo.xml"

SAVE the FILE???
How does one do that? And WHERE???
Or, am I just stupid...

[quote="Capt_Cronic"]do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.


I'm not too sure how to put this so sorry to seem a bit thick, but how do you save it as, is there a save function in FSX or is there a way of directing fsx to different xml files. Or of course I've completely lost the plot and have no idea what I doing

Capt_Cronic wrote:do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.
for example, I use "FixedWing.xml" and "Helo.xml"

How in the world does one do that? Is that possible?