February 17, 201610 yr I've installed FSX Gold Edition on two different Windows 10 pc's and they both act the same way. On first start up after the install, the program takes me through a demo and then I exit out on the program. I have verified that the program is indeed installed on the pc but I can't find the start up icon anywhere!! I have a Windows 7 pc running the same FSX with no problems. Greatly appreciate any help, I'm very frustrated. jrwolfe Edited February 17, 201610 yr by Jim Young removed e-mail address
February 17, 201610 yr I have verified that the program is indeed installed on the pc but I can't find the start up icon anywhere!! Just open Windows Explorer and go to the drive where you installed FSX. Right Click on FSX.exe and select Send to and then Desktop. A shortcut will be placed on your desktop. I believe you can also right click fsx.exe and select Pin to Task Bar. Occasionally an icon is not created when the program (or any program) is installed. I also removed your e-mail address as there are scammers on the Internet looking for e-mails to send spam. Just have someone PM you. When someone PM's you, a message from AVSIM is automatically sent to your e-mail address to let you know you have a PM (Private Message). 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
February 17, 201610 yr Administrators A very good thing to do is have a shortcut on your desktop to the Main FSX folder. That way you don't have to "Explore" to find it when you want to add anything. Both the FSX.exe and Kiosk.exe are in the Main folder. Like Jim said, right-click on them and send to desktop creating a shortcut. 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!
February 17, 201610 yr Author Thank you very much for your help with the missing icon, it now shows up on my task bar. However, I still have this problem - when I start FSX, the screen goes black for about 15-20 seconds and then the aircraft appears on the runway as it should. However, if I press Alt to bring up the top menu (change settings, etc) the screen goes black again. The only way I can get the aircraft back again is to press Esc. Now if I try the settings menu again, the same black screen appears. It doesn't seem to matter what settings option I choose, the screen just goes black. Any suggestions? Jim Jim
February 17, 201610 yr Administrators Graphics Driver need updating?? 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!
February 18, 201610 yr Are you running in full screen or windowed mode? There have been numerous posts, at least about FSX-SE, having this sort of problem in full screen mode.
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