Hi all. I've been forced to temporarily install my PMDG 737NG for FS9 in a basic Vista PC.  It runs, but only a few of the variations are available - no winglet versions, and just a few of the non-winglet versions.  The variations missing from the 'Aircraft'  selection window are actually present in the programme's Windows Aircraft folder; they just don't appear for selection within FS9 while it's running. I realise that PMDG did not have Vista in mind when this plane was made, and it has worked wonderfully well for me in XP, but I would like to get the NG going fully again.

 

Does anyone have a clue why some variations appear (and work well enough) - but others are simply not listed for selection when I'm creating a new flight?

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Ian / Imac

I had the NG installed under Vista myself and it was no problem:

 

- FS9 should be installed in a non-default location like c:\FS9

- Everything releated to FS9 should be installed and run 'as an administrator'

 

(For a quick test just run the NG installer again 'as admin'.)

Hi, Oliver. Thanks for responding.  I'll certainly give your suggestions a go. I'm not very familiar with Vista as an OS, but I had heard that the default location is often not the best place for some installations. Nevertheless, I wasn't expecting trouble with the FS9 NG, because FS9 itself seemed to go in OK and run normally enough considering the PC's weak specs. Anyway, I'll do as you say and report how I go. Thanks again for your help.

 

Kind regards, Ian / Imac

Hi again, Oliver. Yes, that worked!  After uninstalling the NG using PMDG's special removal tool, and uninstalling FS9 via Control Panel, I reinstalled everything to the folder you suggested I create in the C: Drive root directory.  Well, I haven't completed a full flight yet, but all the variations and installed liveries are now present. It looks good!

 

Once again, thanks a lot for helping me, Oliver!

 

Best Wishes.

 

Ian / Imac, Murwillumbah (YMUR near YBCG) - Australia.

Have you also installed the FS9.1 update ?

 

Some addons will not run correctly if FS9 is not patched to 9.1

 

Even if you have not and the PMDG 737 works ok, I suggest you uninstall it and install the 9.1 patch. You don't want to be doing this 12 months down the road with a lot of addons to re-install

 

Peter