wobbie

It makes no sense to put an older unsupported Operating system (XP,Win7,8.1 etc) on a brand new computer as the older operating systems are not optimized for new hardware, and there might be certain drivers that will not work.

The above post from jgf is very relevant & works!! on my previous laptop , also windows 11, I was running 6 separate & unique FS9 installs, with no issues or conflicts at all.

Regards,

Robin

By the way..

On another site, there was a guy with a problem installing the KTB EP-3 into FS9 with Windows 10.

I've just tried to install it in Windows 11, so doing it with Windows 10 should be the same..
1. Extract the files in the zip to a temp directory.
2. Right click on the exe
3. Select Properties
4. Select 'Compatibility' tab
5. Select 'Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
6. Select 'Run as Administrator'
7. Apply & click on the exe to run it.... Install into a temp directory to see whats there, then copy & paste into the sim.

Its actually quicker to do than to explain..
Ive just done it with both the EP-3E & the WP-3D

So, yep, there are challenges with installing old add-ons with modern hardware & software. 

Hi guys, that's me! I'm Wobbie & I posted how I got my FS9 to work on my Windows 10 laptop.

Since then, I have a new laptop. Asus Ryzen 7, 512GB SSD & Windows 11.

Getting to run a 20 year old (almost) sim on modern hardware has it's challenges, but it obviously does work.

I've installed FS9 on the SSD drive as well as on to a 2TB portable drive per manently plugged in to my laptop, & I'm currently running the sim from there.

My previous laptop had an integrated graphics card & the sim ran with no issues. My new laptop has an RTX3050 GPU, & I've ran the sim on both the integrated GPU as well as thru the GForce GPU.

Some of you may be using add-ons that I do not use & might have problems with those, for me, everything that I've thrown at the sim works (so far).

FSX worked, as did MSFS. I've always gone back to FS9 simply because it just works, the range of aircraft is huge, as is the range of scenery, both real & fictional. 'm using the late Garry Smith's fun scenery as well as Carl Reddin's Space scenery. For me, the sim is all about Fun, Fictional & Factual.

Or just copy a fresh FS9 install, maybe with your favourite scenery & planes (payware stuff could be problematic) onto a portable hard drive or memory stick.

Then, copy &Y paste this into whatever PC, preferably in C:\.

Right-click the FS9.exe & 'Send to desktop'

Then, download & run Flight1's Registery Repair tool to tell the operating system's registry where FS9's exe is.

Howard.... TNW2018?

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