CRJ_simpilot Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I have a backup solution that uses FreeFileSync to backup my entire FSX directory every time the computer is booted. It only backs up the files and folder changes. The stuff that is out of date or what ever I guess gets tossed into the trash can. When I look in the trash can I see an aircraft.cfg file all the time belonging to a B1900C. I compared that file with any updated file and I see no differences. Obviously the Sim is using that file somehow and it must get changed for what ever reason prompting FreeFileSync to discard the old. This is an AI plane. I don't get what the Sim is doing with this file. Any guesses? OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 That's a strange one, you could try and rename the the aircraft in the cfg but in doing so it will muck up the ai flight plan because it won't be able to fine the aircraft, unless you know what flight plan is using it then re do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Yeah, still investigating. The recycle bin doesn't say where the file originally came from when you right click the file and select properties of that deleted file. It does show the path on the bottom, but it's cut off and hard to read. Microsoft and their infinite wisdom. I'll look more at that this tonight. OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Upon further investigation I discovered a recycle bin tmp folder in my second drive (G) where my FSX backup is at. But it's still strange that this and other aircraft.cfg files are placed there. They don't disappear from the aircraft folder, but it's like the Sim uses them in some fashion and they change causing them to be discarded as not in sync with the main FSX install. OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger1962 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 My guess would be a read/write permissions issue, or these .cfg files could be read-only? Might be worth checking the affected .cfg files properties. Tim Wright "The older I get, the better I was..." Xbox Series X, Asus Prime H510M-K, Intel Core i5-11400F 4.40GHz, 16Gb DDR4 3200, 2TB WD Black NVME SSD, 1TB Samsung SATA SSD NVidia RTX3060 Ti 8Gb, Logitech Flight Yoke System, CH Pro Pedals, Acer K272HL 27", Windows 11 Home x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 I'm thinking they're read only. I've seen that a lot of other files by default in Win 7. OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringBean Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I know that when I open the sim with an aircraft.cfg open in Notepad++ I get a warning in Notepad++ that the file has been changed and asks if I want to open the file with the changes. I have looked a few times and never determined what was changed in the aircraft.cfg. I suspect the the file properties get changed when the sim accesses the .cfg file and that is what triggers the warning. A change in the file properties, not the file content. Either way, nothing to worry about. As stated the working.cfg stays put. Chock it up to one of life's little mysteries and move on. peace, the Bean WWOD---What Would Opa Do? Farewell, my freind (sp) Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Interesting. Maybe I'll do a hash check next. OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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