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Postby homebrewer » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:04 am

I had my machine in mothballs for about two months. I set it up again last night and fooled around with FS for a bit. Everything ran fine. I just now started FS again for the first time since last night and I get a blue bar across the top of the screen (the bar you use to move a window around) with the words "FS 2004-- A Century of Flight" in it and the bar you get when you depress the Alt key under that. I have had FS on this machine since March and have never had a problem, especially one like this. And here's a new wrinkle: I start FS, and it appears in a small window on my desktop. This is distressing and I will not tolerate it. Any ideas as to how to alleviate this problem?
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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby TSC. » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:13 am

Press 'Alt' & 'Enter' together.

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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby homebrewer » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:54 am

I don't know what I did, but I got it back to the way it was before the time spent in stir. I can't tell you what happened but the fix was done from a window, not from the keyboard in the direct fashion you describe. But I have another problem, as well. The Esc key will not let me escape FS. I have to do a Ctrl-Alt-Del to get out. Why would shutting down my machine for 60 days cause it to go haywire?
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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby Harold » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:17 pm

It sounds like you have a corrupt fs9.cfg. Back it up and delete it. FS9 will automatically create a new one for you when you start the sim.

You just have to redo all the settings in the sim again, like adjusting sliders, setting your traffic, etc.
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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby homebrewer » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:21 am

That doesn't sound too tough. I have the config file backed-up on my Storage drive. Had it there since I built this machine just in case problemos like this came up. What are the chances it's buggered?


Who is Shaun?
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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby Fozzer » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:53 am



Who is Shaun?



...this little Chap?....>>>>

http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/a ... haracter=2


Paul...G-BPLF.....Baaaa!... ;)...!
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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby TSC. » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:57 am



Who is Shaun?



...this little Chap?....>>>>

http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/a ... haracter=2


Paul...G-BPLF.....Baaaa!... ;)...!


Have a look here: http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/

He died only a few weeks ago after stalling the cub at low altitude.  :(

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Re: Now what's the problem?

Postby homebrewer » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:19 pm

Was he a member here?
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