Wade 0 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I have a quad core Intel based machine with 4 GB RAM running Windows 7 64 bit and have just installed FSX Deluxe. The installation went fine, the intro ran without a problem and Free Flight works fine too. Unfortunately whenever I try to go into any of the Missions FSX reports an (unspecified) error and then restarts. When not relaxing I use the machine for development using Visual Studio 2008 and SQL 2008 and so have both of these products installed. Following advice from other places on the Internet I have installed both FSX service packs and also a Microsoft hot fix that was suggested may fix the problem. I think that others are also having a problem getting FSX runing alongside SQL 2008. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can try next (apart from uninstalling SQL2008 - which is not a realistic option) or have had this problem themselves and has overcome it. Thanks Wade Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi Wade :blush: I guess this was the Hotfix you tried? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961894 I have not come across this before and searching the web has not come up with anything other than the above. Is your FSX installation in the default location? ie C:/ Program Files 386/Microsoft Games/ etc.. ? Link to post Share on other sites
Wade 0 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 No - because I have a nice large 1Tb E: drive in the pc with very little on it I have installed the FSX onto that. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 OK, is it then installed to E:Program Files (x86)Microsoft GamesMicrosoft Flight Simulator X not just E:Microsoft Games? Do you have your .spb or .xml files opening with anything other than the default program? That is what the mission is trying to read as it loads /executes. The .spb complied files are likely to be the culprit. Link to post Share on other sites
Wade 0 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Sorry - It is a new PC and my last post was from work so I was responding from memory - am in front of the PC now. It is installed on the D: Drive not the E: Drive as I mentioned before but it is installed in "D:Microsoft Flight Simulator X" and not in "D:Program Files (x86)Microsoft GamesMicrosoft Flight Simulator X". Is this a problem? I do not have any default programmes associated with .spb files and the.xml files are associated with "XML Editor" Cheers Wade Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Hi Wade, I am clutching at straws with the directory structure on your D drive, however I used to have FSX in a non-standard location and I did have a few weird problems. If a re-install of FSX is not too inconvenient then I would try that first, when the installer asks the install path just substitute the C: drive with D: but keep the rest of the path the same. A new thought is try stopping the SQL server (If it is running) before starting FSX? Link to post Share on other sites
Steve C 0 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Sounds like the issue I was having ( see viewtopic.php?t=2667 ), but Mutley has already pointed out this hotfix above. I would check the dll versions again to make sure it's done what you think it has. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites
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