Many of us have FS2002 on one drive or partition and the OS on another. Reloading the OS causes the Registry entries for FS2002 to be deleted. Shown below are the Registry data needed to get things right again after the OS reload without having to reinstall FS2002. Just copy everything below the dotted line into a Notepad file and name the file WhatEverYouWant.reg (be sure to change the lines for "EXE Path" and "CDPath" to match the installation on your system). After saving the .reg file all you need do is double-click it to execute the Registry update. Someone sent me this info long ago and while I no longer recall whom it was that did so, I'd like to say thanks again anyway.Trip----------------------Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMicrosoft GamesFlight Simulator8.0]"Zone"="http://zone.msn.com/asp/fs02redir.asp""Version"="8.0""Retail"="1""Launched"="1""PID"="55411-442-5576822-48455""EXE Path"="E:FS2002""CDPath"="F:""VersionType"="RetailVersion""InstalledGroup"="34359681309""LangID"=dword:00000009

Great tip and Ive used it many times ..UweR I think is the Guru on these thingsHAPPY NEW YEARSun