Tim_A 996 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Well, it looks like my FSX is stuffed. Again. Last night it was working fine, and I flew an AH flight from Bristol to Cosford, with no trouble. Shut down cleanly at the end. This evening, I start it up, get to the main screen ok, but as sook as I click on Fly Now... blam. It either goes black screen, or grey screen, or black with occasional flashes of desktop. I've tried deleting the fsx.cfg and loading the default flight, but it makes no difference. When I look in the event log, it says The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. All drivers are up to date. Any ideas? I've barely recovered from the last big reinstall earlier this year, so I really don't want to go through all that aggro again! Link to post Share on other sites
JD_LincsUK 0 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Hi Tim there are quite a few results if you put this in Google. Do you run AVG? Here's one: http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/613262-solved-failed-because-its-side.html Down the page a bit there's a solution. Hope it helps JD PS - here's an FSX specific one: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowscompatibility/thread/c1bbc95a-c583-4b18-8528-908c4156d888 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 :001_th_smiles48: I have never seen that error message before so would be relying on search engines like JD. Hopefully you won't be in for a re-install, I have that task lurking ominously on the horizon for both my PC's so don't envy you having to do that. Regards Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 996 Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yes, I've gone through everything that google threw up. I don't run AVG (only Microsoft Security Essentials on that PC) UAC is off FS is run as administrator vcredist is up to date and verified msxml is up to date and verified My suspicion is that the win xsx folder is corrupted, which probably means a reformat and start from scratch. And I *really* (and I mean 'jack it in and take up needlecraft *really*') don't want to do that. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Chin up Tim, you are made of stearner stuff *wipes tear from eye* Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 996 Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 The one thing I didn't think of, until someone suggested it this morning.... a system restore! And sure as Robert is a familial group comember, it's come back to life and everything is working again. Happiness, light and free Plan-G updates all round! Link to post Share on other sites
JD_LincsUK 0 Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Great stuff! :icon_thumbup: The old system restore proves its worth again! It's an easy and excellent fix and one that so rarely gets thought of (including by myself). Have to put up a post-it on my board (and suggest you do the same, Tim). JD Link to post Share on other sites
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