Is there any way to move the main FS aircraft folder out of the FS installation folder and still have FS see the aircraft? I ask because I am thinking of installing FS9 and FSX onto an 80GB SSD drive, along with the OS (Win7 64 bit). (Does that sound a good idea?). 80GBs would accommodate the OS and the two default installations with ease, but I have over 40GBs of a/c to add. If not, I could move the a/c I am flying into the main folder of course as I fly them (keeping just the default Cessna and all AI a/c in the fs9/aircraft folder permanently) - in fact I do that already to help with loading times, but am curious to know if I can make FS look for aircraft outside the FS main folder, as I can of course with scenery by editing the path in the scenery.cfg file.Tnanks,Martin

Hi Martin,You're right. I reckon for FS9 you could store your aircraft wherever you want to and wheel them out of the virtual hangar when you want to fly. I think the only planes that have to stay in the ..\FS9\aircraft\ folder are the AI. Store your own where you want and just move your current favourites into the appropriate folder when you want to fly them. Don't forget there's gauges and effects to take into consideration too.You should be able to do the same with add-on scenery; or even install it on a different drive. Disable any layers you're not going to visit. That will speed things up too.I guess that FSX is about the same.I'm not sure that you'll have enough space on your HD as time goes by and you keep expanding. Consider future-proofing and get a 500Gb. they don't cost too much...Regards,Dave

Hi. Windows 7 64-bit + FS9 would be on one Solid State drive and FSX on another (probably 80GBs apiece). I am also fitting 2 x 1TB SATA II drives, so there will be storage space for years to come. Just wondered about having all my a/c on one of the SATA drives, even though the FS9 installation would be on an SSD. But probably it would be better to stick to what I do now - have a folder call Aircraft Hangar on one of the SATA drives and move the a/c I am going to fly into the FS9/Aircraft folder (on the SDD) as I want them.But still like to know if there is a way of pointing FS9/FSX to an aircraft folder outside the main flightsim folder. Not that I can see..Martin

Hi. Windows 7 64-bit + FS9 would be on one Solid State drive and FSX on another.... MartinYou might want to check into that "set up" of trying to fly FS2004 on Windows 7'64 bit. I am having my main flight computer rebuilt and I was advised By Jetline that is doing the work for me that FS2004 does NOT fly well with Windows 7 because a lot of the add-ons will not work properly. To get around this problem they are making a "Duel-boot" system for me where Fs2004 will be on Windows XP and FSX will be on Windows 7 / 64bit. jerrycwo4

Hi,The short answer is that it is not possible with FS9, but in FSX a cfg file edit can add new folders that FSX will look for aircraft in.This link tells you how to edit the cfg file:http://www.ehow.com/how_5608752_install-aircraft-flight-simulator-x.htmlHope this helps,

I never came across that before Jerry - I'll certainly investigate before the new machine arrives. I do have an unused XP 64-bit disc as well, so if there really are problems running FS9 on Windows 7, I will at least have a fall back. As I say though, I have never heard of anyone having problems thus far, and I am on FS forums one way or another every day. (Probably now I've said that, I'll start to notice people posting Win7/FS9 problems!!).Thanks for the link Tom - I'd sort of concluded (even before I posted) that FS9 would not support this, but I didn't know about FSX (which I have but never fly - on the new machine maybe I'll get frame rates that will rekindle my enthusiasm for it.Martin