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This message is addressed to Tim Wright, he seems to have lots of knowledge on the inner workings of MSFS2020, but others please chip in…………………

 

Accidently I found the folder where all my saved flights in MSFS 20-20 were located so I tried to start the sim directly from the shortcuts – surprise - FSX started up! Then I noticed all the shortcut icons for the flights had FSX icons.

 

I would like to uninstall FSX but what would that do to all my saved flights? I guess I could do a system save before doing so and if things go awry, a system restore afterwards?

 

 

Nigel

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Hi Nigel, what was the location of this folder..and are you sure they were MSFS shortcuts and not FSX? I wouldn’t have thought the two sims share the same folders.

The easiest thing would be to copy this folder to a different location (as a backup) then uninstall FSX.

IF they were made by MSFS and are now gone.. then copy/move the backup folder back.

 

Regards

Steve

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Hi Nigel, I agree with Steve - either move or copy your saved MSFS flights before uninstalling FSX just in case. I think Windows must have associated .pln and .flt files with FSX before you installed MSFS, which is why FSX launches when you double-click on them. I've associated mine with Notepad so that I can edit them if required.

 

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I concluded a long time ago that computers can sometimes be weird! This one is no exception. When I went back to the folder of saved flights, there were no longer any shortcuts with the FSX icon.............

 

So I followed your recommendations, made a copy of the folder and uninstalled FSX. Everything seems to be working as normal.

 

Thank you Steve and Tim for your input

 

Nigel

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You’re welcome :)

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