My friend and I have identical PCs, both with FSX and Vista. I like to create flightplans for him (he's 86, I'm only 80) with waypoints which I have carefully inserted.The problem is that when he loads the flightplans in the prescribed manner, all of the waypoints have disappeared. This is what the Learning Centre says:"It's easy to share flights with other users. Just send all of the files associated with the flight (.flt, .wx, .pln, and .htm files) from your My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files folder. Your friends can then put the files in their own My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files folder, and your flights will appear in their Load Flight dialog box."Rubbish! They don't appear with a GPS flightplan ever.Going into Flights>flightplanner>load> "VFR A to Z" gives a flightplan from A to Z, with not a single waypoint in between.Now, when people upload flightplans for us all to use, we've got the waypoints. How do they do it?Any help for two enthusiastic FS veterans will be much appreciated.Thank you for reading this.Jock

Hi FolksJock -Please attach a zipped sample set for one of these flights. Also ensure your friend has run Windows Updateand installed any msxml patches.EDIT -I'd forgotten there's a file path dependency in the .flt file.e.g.

[GPS_Engine]Filename=C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\FLIGHTPLANNAME

Your friend will need to either -a ) Manually edit the .flt [GPS_Engine] section USERNAME to match his location.b ) In FSX slect & load the .flt, then from the menu -> Flights->Flight Planner select and load the FLIGHTPLANNAME, now save the flight.HTHATBPaul

Hi FolksJock -You should also be able to edit the .flt file to read -

[GPS_Engine]Filename=FLIGHTPLANNAME

N.B.That's FLIGHTPLANNAME without the .pln extension.HTHATBPaul

Hi Paul,Thank you for your replies. Unfortunately you've lost me. Where do I find [GPS_ENGINE], please. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by " In FSX slect & load the .flt, then from the menu -> Flights->Flight Planner select and load the FLIGHTPLANNAME, now save the flight."Whenever a saved flight is loaded from Flight Planner the waypoints don't appear - even on my own computer. The only way I get them is by loading the "scenario" as I made it.Finally, although I can attach files to e-mails, I haven't managed to attach a zipped file to this post. There must be a way, of course, but I've never done it.I think the easiest method is for my friend to substitue his own user name for mine. But how do people upload flightplans for everyone else to use?Once again, many thanks.Jock

Hi FolksJock -[GPS_Engine] is a section in your saved flight file, (FILENAME.FLT).Use a text editor e.g. Notepad to open and edit your .flt file, (do not use a formatting editor, e.g. Word or WordPad).I'll get back to you later on the rest.HTHATBPaul

Hi FolksJock -[GPS_Engine] is a section in your saved flight file, (FILENAME.FLT).Use a text editor e.g. Notepad to open and edit your .flt file, (do not use a formatting editor, e.g. Word or WordPad).I'll get back to you later on the rest.HTHATBPaul

Paul,Many thanks for your patience, which I'm going to test even more.I'm actually not a "Newbie" after many years of flightsimming, but there are still some things I don't know.You say "[GPS_Engine] is a section in your saved flight file, (FILENAME.FLT)."What is my saved flight file, other than what is accessible within the game?The flights I have created for myself and Bernard are not in FSX > Flights > Other, only in Documents > Flight Simulator X files. There's no sign of a GPS engine there.I'm missing something, I know - perhaps some little grey cells!Over to you once more.Jock

Hi FolksJock -You've created some flights and flightplans in FSX.You've saved them in Documents > Flight Simulator X files.View that folder.Open one of those .flt files, (using notepad).Scroll down the file till you find the section titled [GPS_Engine]Edit as described above.HTHATBPaul

Paul,I think I've caught on - at long last.Very many thanks for your persistence and great patience.Best wishes to Cumbria from Devon,Jock