December 19, 201510 yr Hi Folks, Problem - I'm trying to run "setup" and FSX detects old version on failed disk - only two options are "Remove" or "Repair" - - - both of which fail since the disk has been gone for a long time... I'm sure it's a key in the registry - I used an "uninstaller" and FSX vanished from the list of installed products - but some residual key must be making the setup routine think FSX is still installed... Anyone know the key I need to remove to allow "setup" to run a new install ??? Thanks... Regards,Scott
December 19, 201510 yr Scott - Remove this entry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0] Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
December 19, 201510 yr Author Hi Doug, Thanks so much - I spent hours on this last night... I'll give it a shot... Regards, Scott
December 19, 201510 yr Author Hi Doug, Although my app "Revo Uninstaller" missed the key you posted - I removed it - no joy - still have the same Repair/Remove choices I had initially - both of which still fail... Uggh... Regards, Scott
December 19, 201510 yr Hi Doug, Although my app "Revo Uninstaller" missed the key you posted - I removed it - no joy - still have the same Repair/Remove choices I had initially - both of which still fail... Uggh... Regards, Scott There are many "hidden folders" that need to be removed too. I would suggest following the guide at the following link which tells you where all of the files are located and what has to be removed - http://support.precisionmanuals.com/kb/a87/how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-fsx.aspx . The FSX uninstallers will not remove these folders. Best regards, Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
December 19, 201510 yr Author Hi Jim, Thanks for responding - I went through the procedure - while the FSX program files were long gone (disk failed - couldn't run uninstaller) - I did remove the residual files in the "USER" directory... Sadly - again - no joy... I'm still dead in the water... My money is still on a registry key... :smile: Regards,Scott
December 19, 201510 yr Administrators Have you run a registry cleaner? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
December 19, 201510 yr Author Hi Charlie, Good idea as well - I installed CCleaner - ran it - found a bunch more FSX keys - deleted them - no joy - same issue... Seems FSX is harder to remove than Norton... Regards,Scott Hi Folks, Just one more thought in the mix - FSX was installed when my box was Win7x64 - after the disk failed and I removed it - the same box was upgraded to Win10... I'm not sure if that adds a complication... Appreciate the help - really... Regards,Scott
December 19, 201510 yr Oops. I think I read the original post incorrectly. How many disc drives do you have? I assumed that the failed disc containing FSX was not the boot drive. If, in fact, both FSX and the OS were on the same drive it couldn't possibly be a Registry problem that you're seeing as there is now no "old" Registry. Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
December 19, 201510 yr Author Hi Doug, No - I think you had it right - the OS was on my C: drive - the drive with the old FSX install that failed was the D: drive... Thanks again... Regards, Scott
December 20, 201510 yr Otay..... Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
December 20, 201510 yr Commercial Member Hi Scott, surely you found and nuked HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\microsoft games\flight simulator\10.0? There's also a convoluted thread over at fsdeveloper on all the possible registry keys: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/registry-keys-fsx-fsx-se-p3dv1-p3dv2.432633/ Jim
December 20, 201510 yr There is a program that Microsoft put out sometime ago which removes all traces of FSX. I don't remember which one exactly but it worked for me. I think it was call the Microsoft Licensing System Reset tool or something similar. Try googling that. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
December 20, 201510 yr Author Hi Folks, I'll look for that key and try the other stuff as well... What a royal PITA - thanks so much for all the help... Regards, Scott
December 21, 201510 yr Author Hi Folks, The key Jim mentioned - was present - deleted same... Read through the linked post and made sure I had removed what was stated there... Found the Microsoft Licensing tool as it relates to FSX - downloaded - installed - ran - - - it failed... I don't think it supports Win10... Nothing works - argh... As ludicrous as it may sound - it looks like I have to wipe my hard drive to install FSX ??? How absurd... Gotta love MS... I truly appreciate all the help that was offered... :wink: Regards,Scott
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