Hi,

Ever since I purchased my new computer, I'm having problems with the keyboard assignments in FS9. For example, when I fly the PMDG 747-400 and I press the keys Control+Shift+G to engage the auto-throttles or TO/GA, nothing happens. Even when I use the PMDG assignments such as the L1 door, it sometimes does not work. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.

 

Ken.

Hi,

Ever since I purchased my new computer, I'm having problems with the keyboard assignments in FS9. For example, when I fly the PMDG 747-400 and I press the keys Control+Shift+G to engage the auto-throttles or TO/GA, nothing happens. Even when I use the PMDG assignments such as the L1 door, it sometimes does not work. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.

 

Ken.

 

I still have not heard a response to my post.

 

Ken.

It's not FS9, it's windows. You're running Win7, which means you likely have UAC enabled.

 

This will fix it:

To do this, navigate to the Microsoft Games folder on your drive and:Right click on the Flight Simulator X folder:Select PropertiesSelect the Security tab at the topClick on the Users account in the Group boxIn the Permissions box, check the box Full Control, Click OK. This grants you (a User - Tron reference? ) and the programs you use in that folder admin rights to the folder. Essentially, what is happening is the computer is writing the changes (your key assignments) to a 'ghost' (Compatibility Files) folder, which the PMDG Options panel ignores the next time you run it. Using admin rights writes those changes to the actual file, not a file in a 'ghost' folder. As a quick note, if you have problems with any other program (especially when it comes to settings not saving, etc), you should grant admin rights to the program's location first before trying other things. UAC has its place in Windows, but it ends up being a bear if you don't know how to keep it in check.

 

One more thing. As much as people try to respond to posts quickly, keep in mind that it's the weekend, so patience helps.

It's not FS9, it's windows. You're running Win7, which means you likely have UAC enabled.

 

This will fix it:

 

 

One more thing. As much as people try to respond to posts quickly, keep in mind that it's the weekend, so patience helps.

 

Thanks Kyle,

I was thinking it was a Windows 7 problem. However, I do have UAC disabled in the Account Control Settings. I can't think of anything else at the moment. What else do you think it could be?

 

Ken.

Only thing i can suggest have you tried mapping the keys thru fsx/fs9 settings and the other thing i can think of is that you already assigned those keys combinations to another function. Since if you assign using the fsx/fs9 settings way it will tell you if those keys are assigned to another function