It's normal to find fsx things in the C drive, as that's usually where user files are stored. This includes the fsx.cfg file. If you move FSX installation to the E drive, the fsx.cfg file will remain in your user folders on the C drive.

 

If you found an fsx.cfg file in the C drive, make sure FSX is not running, then rename the fsx.cfg file and run FSX, then quit again. FSX will create a new fsx.cfg file. See if it's in the same folder as the file you renamed. You can either stick with the new fsx.cfg file and possibly migrate any tweaks/setting over from the old file, or just replace the newly created fsx.cfg with the original one.

This is a new computer that I have. Everything reated to FSX is on the E Drive .On My old computer when I had FSX on the C Drive, it was easy to find, not now.

(...) I even went into the C Drive. I did notice a lot of FSX things in the C Drive. Can I safely delete those items ? I know the FSX config. is in there somewhere.

 

 

Any chance you have already deleted the folder that had contained your fsx.cfg?

Programs do not store all their files in the install folder, they also install user files and registry entries that they require to run. I also have FSX installed on a dedicated drive and coincidentally I also have it assigned E: as the drive letter. My FSX config file (fsx.cfg) is located in "C:\Users\<enter your username here>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\fsx.cfg". That's for Win 7 or Vista, for other operating systems it will be different.

Actually come to think of it, copy and paste this into the file explorer address bar "%appdata%\Microsoft\FSX\fsx.cfg" (without the quotes) and hit enter and it should open. If it doesn't, it's probably missing although I doubt this as FSX will create a new one if it is not found.

I found it on My C Drive. I didn't install FSX but there it was.Thanks guys

Next time, to save 2 pages of backwards& forwards (3 days & 20 posts), as I said before.... download & use that search engine from www.voidtools.com called 'everything'.

 Found in the same place as listed in the 3rd reply to the thread I take it.

Yup, www.voidtools.com ( as per #21 post).

When you first install it, it will take a minute or two to index all directories. This is a once-off thing.

Then, when you run it & start typing in your query, it immediatly starts showing what it has found. Far quicker than Windows search.

I found it in the C Drive. I don't know why it's there, but it's there. Thanks guys.

You can install FSX on an external drive, thumb drive, or any other drive and the file structure locations will always be the same: My Documents and App Data/Microsoft/FSX on the root drive of your system, usually C.

I found it in the C Drive. I don't know why it's there, but it's there. Thanks guys.

The answer to the "why" is really simple. FSX is a multi-user program, so it has to have a way to store information for any specific user, even if there only is one user! That is why certain files that FSX requires will be stored in the operating system's "Users" "AppData\Local" and "AppData\Roaming" folders.

 

For example, my sim machine uses the F: drive. Hence my FSX configuration data files are in these two places:

• F:\Users\Bill\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FSX (shader files)
• F:\Users\Bill\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX (FSX.cfg and other user specific files)

I also have a separate "logon account" cleverly named "Tester" so that I have a completely different set of configuration files for that "user..."

• F:\Users\Tester\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FSX (shader files)
• F:\Users\Tester\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX (FSX.cfg and other user specific files)

Whenever I want to "fly" I logon as "Bill." When I need to do development work, I logon as "Tester." This allows me to have a very simple, vanilla environment for development, and a fully custom environment for flying.