Hello I have seen many people recommending that FSX be installed in C drive (not program files). Why? What possible problems does this eradicate, does it give better performance? Would it be worth the time to re-apply many tweaks and install several backups. Also is there a limit to how many times the NGX can be re-installed? I have already installed it twice after i thought something went wrong. So would a third be close to my limit. Thanks

Tim, Windows Vista and Windows 7 treat files/folders in the Program Files or Program Files (x86) folders different than they do normal folders created elsewhere. They're "protected" by the OS in terms of file permissions, user account control etc. Normally this is not an issue because programs are designed to deal with the protections, but FSX is 6+ years old and existed prior to Vista and Win7, so the protections can cause problems where files can't be read or written to and things like that. Already with the NGX we've seen a couple instances where people couldn't get the activation popup until they installed outside of Program Files, stuff like that. I've been recommending people do this for years now, but this is the first product release we've done where the recommendation is included in the documentation. There is no limit to the number of times the NGX can be installed on the same machine.

Ok thanks. I saw somewhere that you can simply uninstall all addons, move the fsx folders and then use the flight 1 registry tool to make the corrections. Is this true? Will it work in my case as long as i uninstall the NGX. Thanks again.

I made a fresh install of FSX to a separate hard drive. It was freshly formatted and the only thing I was going to install on it was FSX. During install it gave me the message "FSX cannot be installed to the root directory" so I created a Program files folder and put it in there. I am running Windows 7 32 bit.

Ok thanks. I saw somewhere that you can simply uninstall all addons, move the fsx folders and then use the flight 1 registry tool to make the corrections. Is this true? Will it work in my case as long as i uninstall the NGX. Thanks again.

This *may* work, but to be safe I would reinstall everything - if you're uninstalling all the addons already it's not that much more work to totally clean install.Here's the guide:http://support.precisionmanuals.com/KB/a87/how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-fsx.aspx

Well I will give it a try, if it does not work I can still uninstall so worth a try. Thanks for your help.