I had to reinstall my FSX\gold onto a new/used computer with win7 Pro 32. I used to have Ult.

I'm in the middle of installing Andreas Koerners' a-5 for FSX which I can succesfuly install by unzipping to a temp and from there moving the folder to simobject\airplanes folder.There is a nice by 2D panel for the Icon A5 for FSX, by Dan Cowan which requires replacing some folders. amongst other the .air file which I don't have.

 

I checked all my a/c's in my installation and non of them have their .air file.Or is not being shown? I changed my folder options to "show all hidden files and folders" But it doesn't help!???...I just realized that the .air file have changed (probably by me) and are now shown as installer packages in a Brown box which opens with Adobe; Inside the box I can see it says "air" Shouldn't they be read by notesblok?

 

Some one help

 

Berlopez

 

.air file a/c structure attached.

You also need to uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"... just click the help button in file explorer and type in "File extensions" and select the first entry that comes up to learn all about it.

 

DJ

When Adobe Air gets installed on your computer it changes the registry and associates the .air file extension with Adobe Air.

 

The .air files in your FS are still .air files and can be open with utilities like AirEd.

 

The best thing to do is just be aware that this in no way affects FSX and ignore the :installers", they won't install anything.

 

They are still the FS .air files and you can still treat them as such.

 

regards,

Joe

Yes the files works, They opened before with another utility, like winzip+ Now they are being opened with this installer package?

download FS9 / FSX AirEd Revised and it will reassociate the files to the way that they are supposed to be.

 

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=FSX%2FFS2004+AirEd+Revised&categoryId=

download FS9 / FSX AirEd Revised and it will reassociate the files to the way that they are supposed to be.

 

http://simviation.co...sed&categoryId=

 

That's not an up to date version.

Better to stay with avsim and get the latest from their library

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=aired&CatID=root&Go=Search

 

An important point to remember is that a specific airfile for a specific a/c does not always show every table that is available.

But's quite straightforward to copy one over from another a/c.

Hey guys ,thanks for your replies,

 

What if I were to uninstall Adobe.air from my computer? would this reassign the files?

 

If yes? what exact procedure do I fallow?

vololiberita, if I download th elatest version,as you say...You got me confussed, with "An important point to remember is that a specific airfile for a specific a/c does not always show every table that is available.

But's quite straightforward to copy one over from another a/c."

 

Berlopez

What if I were to uninstall Adobe.air from my computer?

 

This is the solution. Adobe Air is not required for most computer owners.

 

Best regards,

Jim

Hey guys ,thanks for your replies,

 

What if I were to uninstall Adobe.air from my computer? would this reassign the files?

 

.You got me confussed, with "An important point to remember is that a specific airfile for a specific a/c does not always show every table that is available.

But's quite straightforward to copy one over from another a/c."

 

Berlopez

 

It's quite simple really. Each a/c has its own airfile and devs quite often only use the tables necessary for their a/c. They leave out tables that they aren't using. Which means tables that you might want to see might not be in the airfile. Three tables were missing from the airfile I have been modifying which I needed to create genuine icing scenarios. It was quite straightforward to find these tables in other a/c and copy them over. Another example a turboprop will not have the same tables as a jet.

What if I were to uninstall Adobe.air from my computer? would this reassign the files?

 

If yes? what exact procedure do I fallow?

vololiberita, if I download th elatest version,as you say...You got me confussed, with "An important point to remember is that a specific airfile for a specific a/c does not always show every table that is available.

But's quite straightforward to copy one over from another a/c."

 

Berlopez

The best thing to do is just forget about it.

 

The file association has no affect on Flight Sim and having Adobe Air does no harm, either.

 

Vololiberista's post, while knowledgeable and correct, has no bearing on the topic at hand and is only of value to people interested in modifying .air files.

 

regards,

Joe

Thanks again for your replies...

 

Now if I uninstall Adobe.air via add\Remove programs...Will the files assiciate again correctly, or do I have to download any of the files Dirtybird nad vololiberista advice and run?

 

berlopez

Before Adobe claimed it... the .air file extension wasn't associated with anything.

Excuse my ignorance.Before this happened the files seem to be assiciated to something that looked or had the winzip logo? And they had always shown like that in the past.Until now?

 

 

berlopez

Excuse my ignorance.Before this happened the files seem to be assiciated to something that looked or had the winzip logo? And they had always shown like that in the past.Until now?

 

 

berlopez

 

Mine are all associated with notepad. Right click/properties/Opens with/ Choose notepad/apply. Without something like Airwrench for editing the Air file, you'll just see gibberish anyway but it will be functional as long as it has.air extension.

Thank you That solved my issue.

 

berlopez