November 7, 201213 yr I've got a really strange problem. I recently bought a new computer with win7 and after searching the forums I am finally almost done loading scenery. Now, all of the sudden my desktop icon (the little airplane) has gone missing and I have one of the generic icons in it's place. If I click on it FS9 still loads just fine so there's not a problem with the program, just an awol icon. I checked my start menu and it looks the same way. I tried going to properties and change icon but that just brings up an error message "windows can't find the file %program files%\microsoft games\flight simulator 9\fs9.exe" I know that file is there because the game still loads....just the icon is gone. I tried rebooting which didn't bring it back then thought maybe I could roll back to one of the earlier fs9.cfg files but there aren't any there besides the current one. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get this icon back without starting all over?
November 7, 201213 yr I've had the occasional missing icon myself, for a variety of programs. Some kind of Windows weirdness. Go to the Change Icon button in the properties and click on Browse to find your copy of FS9.exe and the correct icon. Hope this works. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
November 7, 201213 yr Delete the icon (it is actually something called a "shortcut"). Go into your FSX main folder. It should be under Microsoft Games or maybe Microsoft Games (x86). Find the file fsx.exe. It may also show up as "fsx" with the type of "application". Highlight this file and right-click. There should be a choice which says "create shortcut". If you create a shortcut, you will probably get a message which says that the shortcut has to be placed on the desktop. You can also "pin to taskbar" when you right-click and there may be something also about adding it to the Start Menu. All these choices create an icon.
November 7, 201213 yr ... Create Shortcut on Desktop... Yup, this method works too, and is probably easier than what I posted. Then you can move the shortcut anywhere you want. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
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