June 17, 201411 yr I'll start by stating that I did a search on the forum and only found mention to this in one of my old ( 2012 ) posts where I referred that having installed FSX Gold from GFWL was a PITA, since any re-install would require downloading the whole 11GB again, and installing :-/ I am aware of the folders that GFWL client creates, and where I can browse a bunch of CAB files, before the installation ends and all of those files are erased. My question is, has anyone successfully backed up and installed from the backup, these CAB files? The question result from being aware that we are less than a month away from the shutoff of GFWL, preventing me from re-installing fsx in the future, since I bought it from GFWL. Thx for any suggestions :-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 17, 201411 yr You have to uninstall FSX (or be on a computer/latptop that doesn't have FSX installed) so that you can get GFWL to re-download FSX. After GFWL is done downloading DO NOT START THE INSTALLATION!!! Instead navigate to whatever temp folder GFWL save all the .cab files in (11GB) worth, and back those up to DVD's or an external HD. Then, if you want to install FSX some day, you can install from those .cab files. There is more information on it here, starting at the 6th post down: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3819990/Re:_Some_FSX_files_lost_-_litt#Post3819990
June 17, 201411 yr Author Thax a lot malibu! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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