Looking For Help Please -with FS9 Error message!

[Dougal 165]

After not using FS9 for some time, I tried to launch it. I now just get an error message of:

[John_Cillis 2,406]

I have the patch from Microsoft installed. Here is a list of the default FS2004 dll's in the modules folder. You can use it to cross check against yours and see whether one is missing:TRAFFI~1 DLL 7,680 03-21-04 7:52a TrafficInfo.dllABLSCPT DLL 90,112 09-01-04 3:46a ABLSCPT.DLLACONTAIN DLL 90,112 09-01-04 3:46a ACONTAIN.DLLAI_PLAYR DLL 118,784 09-01-04 3:46a AI_PLAYR.DLLATC DLL 311,296 09-01-04 3:46a ATC.DLLCONTROLS DLL 167,936 09-01-04 3:46a CONTROLS.DLLDEMO DLL 73,728 09-01-04 3:46a DEMO.DLLDYNAMIC DLL 16,384 09-01-04 3:46a DYNAMIC.DLLFACILI~1 DLL 212,992 09-01-04 3:46a FACILITIES.DLLFE DLL 102,400 09-01-04 3:46a FE.DLLFLIGHT DLL 135,168 09-01-04 3:46a FLIGHT.DLLFSUI DLL 937,984 09-01-04 3:46a FSUI.DLLG2D DLL 950,272 09-01-04 3:46a G2D.DLLG3D DLL 487,424 09-01-04 3:46a G3D.DLLGLOBAL DLL 8,704 09-01-04 3:46a GLOBAL.DLLGPS DLL 110,592 09-01-04 3:46a gps.DLLGPS_EX~1 DLL 6,144 09-01-04 3:46a gps_export.dllINSTRU~1 DLL 13,824 09-01-04 3:46a INSTRUCTOR.DLLMAIN DLL 192,512 09-01-04 3:46a MAIN.DLLMPCHAT DLL 9,216 09-01-04 3:46a mpchat.DLLMULTIP~1 DLL 114,688 09-01-04 3:46a MULTIPLAYER.DLLPANELS DLL 401,408 09-01-04 3:46a PANELS.DLLREALITY DLL 7,168 09-01-04 3:46a REALITY.DLLSIM1 DLL 602,112 09-01-04 3:46a SIM1.dllSIMSCH~1 DLL 14,848 09-01-04 3:46a SimScheduler.DLLSOUND DLL 73,728 09-01-04 3:46a SOUND.DLLSYMMAP DLL 159,744 09-01-04 3:46a SYMMAP.DLLTERRAIN DLL 393,216 09-01-04 3:46a TERRAIN.DLLTRAFFIC DLL 39,936 09-01-04 3:46a Traffic.DLLUTIL DLL 131,072 09-01-04 3:46a UTIL.DLLVISUALFX DLL 208,896 09-01-04 3:46a VISUALFX.DLLWEATHER DLL 229,376 09-01-04 3:46a Weather.DLLWINDOW DLL 73,728 09-01-04 3:46a WINDOW.DLLIn addition, some dll's are in the main FS9 folder.Some of these may not be defaults (i.e. Gaugesound) but it should give you an idea of what these dll's should be:GDIPLUS DLL 1,718,576 07-17-01 1:30p gdiplus.dllMFC70 DLL 974,848 02-05-02 6:07p mfc70.dllMSVCP70 DLL 487,424 02-05-02 6:07p msvcp70.dllMSVCR70 DLL 344,064 02-05-02 6:07p msvcr70.dllSHFOLDER DLL 22,528 07-03-02 3:43p shfolder.dllOLEACC DLL 4,608 11-21-02 8:48p oleacc.dllMSXML4A DLL 44,544 04-18-03 4:29p msxml4a.dllMSXML4R DLL 82,432 04-18-03 4:29p msxml4r.dllMSXML4 DLL 1,233,920 04-18-03 4:46p msxml4.dllGAUGES~1 DLL 40,960 05-01-03 11:31a GaugeSound.dllPIXOMA~1 DLL 197,177 05-12-03 12:30p pixomatic.dllRICHED20 DLL 423,424 06-04-03 1:12p riched20.dllEBUEULA DLL 73,779 06-10-03 5:40p ebueula.dllLANGUAGE DLL 221,184 06-12-03 8:36p language.dllSETUPENU DLL 11,546,624 06-12-03 11:02p SETUPENU.DLLHope this is of help.Regards,John

[Dougal 165]

Thanks for that JohnI'll start checking now.

[Dougal 165]

Alas.....I have all those - and many more too.Anymore ideas anyone?

[John_Cillis 2,406]

Next Suggestion--rename your fs9.cfg to fs9.cfg.bak and restart the sim. It is possible an add-on is looking for a dll which is part of your startup situation. If that works, then look at the .bak file and that should reference the add-on (probably an aircraft) causing the issue.There is an off chance that you could also have a bad spot on your hard drive. Your dlls would show up when you list them, but one or more would fail on loading.Regards,John

[Dougal 165]

Oh 'BLOW'! That didn't work either. I've various HDD scanners - will try running them. Also will do another defrag, tho did one yesterday.Thanks

[Benzhangar 108]

You may have uninstall a certain program that had removed a .dll your flightsim needed. My suggestion is to locate a certain .exe named LibraryFiles. This should install all the necessary .dll thats missing and you should be good again.Cheers,American HaulerT. Headlam

[Opa 6]

If you find you need to restore some of the original files from your disks, try these resources:http://www.cat-tamer.com/flightsim/faq001.htmlIt shows where everything is on your install disks and how extract just what you need.I also recommend fs9cddir.zip Compiled by Brian Collins (available here in the library)This is an Excel format listing of all the files on your install disks. A great resource to keep handy.Good luck.

[Dougal 165]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help.Will go do some work.