WX station Update ASv6

[roykenya 0]

In the last two months, everytime I start Active Sky, I get the message "AS has updated your FS wx station list file." I am then asked to reboot FS if it is running. I see no evidence of any wx station list being updated. What is causing this and is there a way to get it stopped? ASv6 stll is working fine, but this is a bit annoying.Thanks.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Roy,Single computer install or network install of AS?

[roykenya 0]

Hi Roy,Single computer install or network install of AS?

It is a single computer install of AS.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

HiSorry, should have also asked this before, what operating system?

[roykenya 0]

HiSorry, should have also asked this before, what operating system?

Operating system is Vista Home Premium 32 bit.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Make sure you are signed in under the Administrator account and make sure the Application Data folder is still marked as both Read and Write enabled.

[roykenya 0]

Hi,Make sure you are signed in under the Administrator account and make sure the Application Data folder is still marked as both Read and Write enabled.

I am signed in under the Administrator account and the Aplication Data folder is enabled for both Read and Write, so this is not the problem.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,What is the reported size of your wxstationlist.bin file?

[roykenya 0]

Hi,What is the reported size of your wxstationlist.bin file?

First, I should have asked this question earlier. Why do you ask to assure the Appication Data folder is read/write? There are no weather files in that folder. The wxstationlist.bin file is located in two places on my computer, in the Flight Simulator 9/weather directory and in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X/weather directory. For the FS9 directory, the size is 24 kb; for the FSX directory, the size is 25 kb. The last modify date on the one in FS9 is 2002; the last modify date on the one in FSX is 2006, so neither has been updated since created.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,On your system find your FS9.cfg file. In that same folder is there a file called wxstationlist.bin?If there is, what is the size of that file?

[roykenya 0]

Hi,On your system find your FS9.cfg file. In that same folder is there a file called wxstationlist.bin?If there is, what is the size of that file?

Jim,Thanks for clarifying this for me. The wxstationlist.BIN file for fs9 is 26 kb; the one for fsx is 27 kb. The modify dates do show modifications on the dates I used ASv6 for each of the sims. So why do I get this message when I never used to get it?Thanks.Roy

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Because AS does not have write privileges to that folder or somewhere in that folder path.