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[lewisrh]

can anyone please help? im having trouble starting flight sim 2004.its been running fine for months and lately its been taking longer and longer to start up.tonight i tried to do a flight and it would not allow me to select any of the options i.e "getting started" etc.
is it worth removing the software and installing it again because at the moment im locked out of the sim and life cant get much worse!!

id appreciate any advice

[Graycat8524]

Heya Lewis,

The first thing that I would do in your situation is to rebuild the FS9.cfg before trying to reinstall.  How to do this:

1.)  Using the Windows XP Explorer go to C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9

2.)  Locate a file called FS9.cfg

3.)  Change the name of this file to FS9(Old).Bak (or whatever you wish)

4.)  Restart FS 2004


What this does is clear your saved settings for FS 2004 and it starts you out just like you have freshly installed the program.  Of course this means that you have to reset your sliders in your Preferences, however, this is easier than completely reinstalling the entire program.

[lewisrh]

hi thanks so much for the quick responce and advice although unfortunatly im still locked out even though it has reset the settings im still unable to select an option on the opening page to access the sim.