I know that some add-ons require the RTM version of SimConnect to work OK, either perhaps due to the age of the add-on (predates the SP1/2), or to create commonality between users. I'm having trouble with the SimConnect installation in the RTM version, but seem to get the later versions of it installed through SP1 and SP2. How significant is it, from an add-on perspective, to have the RTM version working correctly? I note that many add-ons require either SP1 or SP2 installed, and wonder if they are accessing the later version(s) of SimConnect?Thanks for any info, Bruce.

Hi,What kind of trouble is SC giving you on the RTM install? It is all pretty automatic. SC can also be installed using the SDK found on DVD 1.

Hi,What kind of trouble is SC giving you on the RTM install? It is all pretty automatic. SC can also be installed using the SDK found on DVD 1.

Thanks Jim.I am pasting a link to Pete Dawson's forumhttp://forum.simflight.com/topic/67394-simconnect-issue/where this story is fully documented. Just so you know how this issue with sc came to be.Thanks for any info.Bruce.

Hi,Where do you keep looking for the SimConnect folder?

Hi,Where do you keep looking for the SimConnect folder?

Hi Jim.C:\Windows\WinsxsBruce.

Hi,Where do you keep looking for the SimConnect folder?

Hi Jim.C:\Windows\WinsxsBruce.

G'day Bruce,Reading Pete's reply to you it sounds like you need to follow NickN's thread , and you should be sweet. His win 7 and FSX install guide is the best you will get. Follow it completely and don't leave anything out, including the O & O defrag.http://www.simforums...187.html#198187You may have already been there, but just in case......CheersJulian

G'day Bruce,Reading Pete's reply to you it sounds like you need to follow NickN's thread , and you should be sweet. His win 7 and FSX install guide is the best you will get. Follow it completely and don't leave anything out, including the O & O defrag.http://www.simforums...187.html#198187You may have already been there, but just in case......CheersJulian

Hi Julian,Thanks for the suggestion- yes, I do follow that routine to the letter, and it works well. Pete is correct regarding the way to install the SP's. Unfortunately, it won't fix the RTM version of SimConnect (and I still don't know how important that is to have, given that many add-ons may look for the later versions of SC that get installed with the SP's).Great to hear from you, has the ground done shaking under your feet yet? I believe the aftershocks have been going on for months!Thanks, Bruce.

Hi Julian,Thanks for the suggestion- yes, I do follow that routine to the letter, and it works well. Pete is correct regarding the way to install the SP's. Unfortunately, it won't fix the RTM version of SimConnect (and I still don't know how important that is to have, given that many add-ons may look for the later versions of SC that get installed with the SP's).Great to hear from you, has the ground done shaking under your feet yet? I believe the aftershocks have been going on for months!Thanks, Bruce.

G'day Bruce,Mike's post here might help maybe http://forum.avsim.n...-of-simconnect/ All I know is you must install each simconnect in order and check your firewall is not blocking.....Yes, still getting knocked around by mother earth, not as frequent now, but every 4 - 6 weeks we get a magnitude 4 or 5, the trouble is they are shallow, only about 2 or so km's deep. Has boosted the economy though, even builders etc have come over from Australia to work on the clean up. CheersJulian