What about removing your joystick or whatever controller you are using. Go into the file and remove anything that related to that controller if there is anything. Then fly it with the keyboard or just load fsx then close it. Now plug the controller back in and do the reassignments. Am

I understanding this correctly?

 

Bob

I may have found something here. When I right click on my FSX folder this is what's showing in the permissions section.

 

Under "Everyone" = all checks for "Allowed"

Under "Creator Owner" = all blank. When I try to check them it runs through a scan like it's doing something but then reverts back to all blank.

Under "System" = all checks for "Allowed"

Under "Administrators" = all checks for "Allowed"

Under "Users" = only checks for Read & execute/List folder contents/ and Read. Full control/Modify/Write are all blank.

Under "TrustedInstaller" = only checks for List folder contents. All others are blank.

 

I'm thinking this is the problem if I can figure out how to get the checks to stick under allow for all Group user names.

 

Mitch

I think we got it guys. :LMAO: :Peace: :Just Kidding:

 

Now I know why so many people feel like choking Microsoft at times. Though I think we really need to blame the blasted hackers and virus idiots. Not just blame them but like lock them up and throw away the key.

 

Man was this frustrating. I can't thank you guys enough for the input. I've had a huge amount of hurdles with this re-install but this one had me going the longest.

 

Mitch

Well, your not there yet but I think a solution has to be close by.

 

Bob

Problems solved. Everything A-OK. Thanks again.

 

Mitch

Glad to hear it, Mitch, though without those permissions you wouldn't have access to your pc at all, as every hacker around would have locked you out and stolen everything they could! You can't blame Microsoft!

Re-installed my Windows7 64 bit system

This is where the problem has it's roots.

Those file and folder permissions are the very root of your computer's security, and this is how every pc and server operating system, whether Unix, Linux, Mac or Windows - is configured. It's unfortunate that you had this issue (learning experience) but IT techs handle this (and lots more serious) kind of problem on a daily basis. You are the owner and it's up to your good self how you setup and manage your system. Sometimes it just goes the wrong way!

I am having the same issue, i gather from the above that the key to solving the problem is getting the check marks to stick for "Creater Owner".. for my own benefit and also for posterity's sake in the search function.. could you just briefly explain how you managed to do that?

I think we got it guys. :LMAO: :Peace: :Just Kidding:

 

Now I know why so many people feel like choking Microsoft at times. Though I think we really need to blame the blasted hackers and virus idiots. Not just blame them but like lock them up and throw away the key.

 

Man was this frustrating. I can't thank you guys enough for the input. I've had a huge amount of hurdles with this re-install but this one had me going the longest.

 

Mitch

 

Sorry to wake this thread up again but how did you solve it? Did you need to get "Creator owner" to stick"? I have been unable and whatever I do the controls still won't do what they are supposed to do.

 

Regards,

Manfred

This happens to me sometimes and I fix it by just saving the configuration from the FSX menu and then if it changes I just load that config.

 

 

Remy Mermelstein

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777-300 FS Pilot

Well the problem is that nothing gets saved. It's not that it happens "sometimes". I can not get a single keystroke to get saved on that file...

even if you click "save" in the settings and you save it as whatever that file is? it has always worked for me. you just have to load that file every time to get the settings back.

 

~Remy

Well the thing is that the "save" thing according to my CFG only saves Settings but not controls. It's the controls that I have trouble with. I have though saved one now.

I think though that I solved the trouble overall. I added an authority called "everyone" to permissions to the FSX folder in program files (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X) and in the AppData page (C:\Users\Sandpatch\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX). I hope that it gets accepted in the system. At least I have been able to start 2 times without resetting. Let's see what happens.

 

Anyway, thanks for the help Remy.

Regards,

Manfred

No problem Manfred. Hope it works out, I hate when things get messed up in FSX.

*Bumpy I also have this problem. Somehow a way back it saved all my Saitek configs, but now i want to make some changes to the buttons, and it won't save anything.