ArnieA

There's a lot going on here and in all honestly I would need to sit if front of your computer to get it to work. Let me just itemize some things.

 

1) Windows 10 can be a real PITA when it comes to installing FSX. There is a method to the madness and you'll want to search or ask how to install FSX in Windows 10. I've never had to do it because I'm in Windows 7. I do know Windows 10 apparently lacks the Directx 9 driver version and that'll need to be installed for FSX to work correctly (could be why people get a black screen). No, it doesn't overwrite your current version of Directx. It adds to the DLL library of Directx so to speak.

 

2) Windows 10 updates have a low QC (Quality Control) and can and will muck things up. So once you get FSX up and running, the possibility of an update hosing the whole thing over is pretty good. Not to single out Windows 10, but I've read the same thing over and over from many tech forums I've been a member of for some 15 years for Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1.

 

3) Instead of using Ccleaner to remove a program, use Revouninstaller instead. Also, never EVER use Ccleaner's registry cleaner. That is mostly snake oil and can and will mess your system up. The registry should never be messed with unless you know exactly what you are doing. The registry is just a database and while it will grow, with today's modern computers and speed you don't need to optimize the registry and all this stuff. As they say, leave well enough alone. I do. Unless I'm doing something. And of course I know what I'm doing.

 

4) You need to install FSX to the root of C drive and not in the programs folder. The programs fold is protected by Windows and can give you issues. It may not be apparent at first, but it will eventually and then you'll find yourself moving the whole installation and reinstall a mass of bought add-ons. So since you're starting out with a new install, install FSX to a fold on C drive it's self called FSX. So the path would be C:\FSX The FSX folder would have your install. You can create this folder first on C drive and when you go to install browse to that folder to direct the installer to install to that location.

That is a lot of good info. I got rid of ccleaner and used MS uninstall. That is where I'm at now. We will how the install goes.

Uninstalled using CCleaner? Why? I bet you have leftovers? Have you done a full search of your PC and registry to ensure its all gone?

I used that program because it's the only one I had. I will check the registry again.

With respect I would say: Get FSX Steam and you'll be flying FSX Gold in minutes. (No DVD's and more important: no code's, no authorizations, and you do get Steam ability to verify your installed FSX integrity at any time.

Am I going to have to pay more? And it will install fsx? Can I import my logbook? If so I may try that. I miss FS.

Let's start at the beginning - because if you needed to take this to the shop, it was not just a "Windows 10" crash.

 

What really happened? What did "the shop" really do?

 

We need detailed information here.

 

Jorgen

Everything was working fine. I turned the computer off and when I turned it on windows would not load. Kept closing and trying to restart. The shop fixed that. I don't know what they did. FSX wouldn't load. I then got rid of fsx with ccleaner and tried to reinstall it. The shop checked the disk drive and they say it's fine.

Computer

3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-4770

256 kilobyte primary memory cache

1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache

8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache

64-bit ready

Multi-core (4 total)

Hyper-threaded (8 total)

3998.16 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

3351.59 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

hp DVD-RAM GHA3N [Optical drive]

Recently Windows 10 crashed and the shop fixed it. FSXX wouldn't run so I tried to do a clean install. When disk 2 is almost done I get a message to insert disk. When I try to do this it spits it back out. Any ideas?

The default weather for the boxed edition doesn't work anymore. Microsoft's FSX:SE beta has fixed it. You would need third party options for boxed FSX.

I use the weather that comes with it But it would be nice if I could get real weather. I haven't found anything yet, Any suggestions?

You mean FSX realtime weather? This has been down for years and is no longer supported.

You need aftermarket weather, and we can provide recommendations after you tell us your hardware...

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Sorry it took so long to get back to you.

My hardware is an Intel i7-4770 cpu 3.4 gh

Windows 10

Directx4.09

15187 memory

geforce gt635 video

disk space 1578 gb

The video is excellent. No stutter.

I just came back after a long absence. I used to fly a older model of fs but now I fly FSX. In the old model you could look at the TT time on each aircraft. Does FSX have the same thing and if so where is it.

Arnie