Thanks for the replies guys,
It's only when I installed the nocd patch, that I got the "do you want to run this program" so I clicked OK and got a message saying MRVC 70. dll was missing, so I installed that to System 32, and bingo I got FS9 to work!
I downloaded 5 Mig 29s, and only one would work (trialware), but was virtually useless . The others either didn't show up or crash the sim. The migs of several years ago all worked and were great, but now...
Anyway thanks for your help, but I have now un-installed FS9--regards Michael