Random Minimizing While in Full Screen in FSX

[Bill Alderson 24]

Hi,

 

So there I am, flying along in FSX, minding my own business, when  all of a sudden FS minimizes and I'm staring at my desk top.  This normally happens several times during a session and not just in FS either but any program that I run while in Full Screen.  It's driving me crazy!  Especially when it happens while I'm on short final!

 

Has this happened to anyone else?  Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

[Paul J 349]

Using Google it seems it's happened to lots of people, Bill.    These four fixes came up, but there are probably a lot more.

 

1). These three files - Liveupd.exe, Liveupd.dat and Runliveupd.exe  - remove them.

 

2). wermgr.exe  This checks for solutions to problems. Turn it off

 

3). KB977074 - remove it.

 

4). Aero "Shake"   - turn it off.

 

I hope one of these is the solution.... but maybe won't be, either!

 

All the Best,

 

pj

[Bill Alderson 24]

Thanks PJ.  I'll give it a shot and let you know how it turns out.

[Bill Alderson 24]

Hi Paul,

 

No joy as far as the files you mentioned are concerned.  Did a search and I don't seem to have any of those files.   I also tried something involving Regedit and that didn't seem to work either; still minimizes.

 

Any other ideas?

 

Thanks for all your help thus far.

[Bill Alderson 24]

An uipdate: I looked in services and  did find liveupdate.exe and disabled it.   We'll see if it works.