March 11, 20206 yr Hi all - This one is stumping me - but upon Windows 10 startup (from cold boot or warm restart), & after POST, P3D starts up - uninvited, unwanted 😞. It does not appear in the list of 'startup' programs in the task manager 'startup' tab. But something is calling Prepar3d.exe unexpectedly. How do I determine what program or routine is calling prepar3d.exe and change it ? Is there a registry entry I can edit to stop this from happening ? Anyone else experienced this ? thanks in advance ! rgds, JB 9800x3d, ASUS TUF x870, 64GB G.Skill DDR5, MSI Ventus 4080, HP Reverb G2 VR, FlyVirtual.net, Private Pilot SEL rating, subLogic FlightSim 1983 & every release since
March 11, 20206 yr Windows does that with all Apps that haven’t been shutdown correctly. So next time you exit P3D wait at least a minute before you shutdown your pc ... 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
March 11, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, GSalden said: Windows does that with all Apps that haven’t been shutdown correctly. So next time you exit P3D wait at least a minute before you shutdown your pc ... I second what Gerard says, I usually wait a little before shutting down just so everything can cool back down to idle temps, however the other day I shut down right away as I was running late (flight took a little too long hehe) and the next time a started the computer it went right to P3d. So yeah just wait a little longer before shutting down. Flight Simulator's - Prepar3d V5/MSFS | Operating System - WIN 11 | Main Board - GIGABYTE X870E Aorus Elite WIFI7 | CPU - AMD 9800X3D | RAM - CORSAIR 64GB 6600Mhz | Video Card - EVGA RTX3090 FTW3 Ultra | Monitor - DELL 38" Ultrawide | Case - CORSAIR 750D Full Tower | CPU Cooling - CORSAIR H170i Elite LCD 420mm Push/Pull | Power Supply - EVGA 1000 G+ | Sound System - Definitive Technology ProMonitor 600 w/subwoofer
March 11, 20206 yr Author Thx guys ! Appreciate the help ! I'll try it. cheers rgds, JB 9800x3d, ASUS TUF x870, 64GB G.Skill DDR5, MSI Ventus 4080, HP Reverb G2 VR, FlyVirtual.net, Private Pilot SEL rating, subLogic FlightSim 1983 & every release since
March 12, 20206 yr Try this https://www.howtogeek.com/396884/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-reopening-your-previous-applications-after-restarting-your-pc/ 747 Captain for the last 39 years, and still learning.
March 12, 20206 yr Commercial Member 12 hours ago, killthespam said: Try this https://www.howtogeek.com/396884/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-reopening-your-previous-applications-after-restarting-your-pc/ Just a thought. I upvoted Gerrard's post because although we can stop re-emerging programs in Win110, there might still be an issue with the simulator. P3D might not shutdown completely, and that can be caused by some kind of fault in the simulator. A fault which would continue unless traced and fixed. There may be an entry in the details section of Task manager, but no entry in programs running. Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
March 12, 20206 yr 3 hours ago, SteveW said: some kind of fault in the simulator. A fault which would continue unless traced and fixed. Steve, I agree with you 100%, unfortunately, this P3D is constantly doing something. This software is not properly optimized so when it does it's always something different kind of fault. A while ago I got tired of this nonsense tracing and trying to fix and adjust, I just turned off this start-up issue. None of the other sim software I have triggered this kind of behavior. I hope the new version will be properly optimized or other choices will be available. Edited March 12, 20206 yr by killthespam 747 Captain for the last 39 years, and still learning.
March 12, 20206 yr Commercial Member Mostly as Gerard said mainly or hopefully it's been shut down too quick and so Win10 restarts stuff left running. But at least that can be shut off, it's nice to know where the Windows settings are. Agreed, could be better handling of problems. But my point was that I often see 'fixes' that are nothing more than hiding an issue or fault by another way and that was a basic message I was conveying. Hopefully it's just the thing being switched off. But if not then that's a problem unresolved. Imagine dropping the car off at the garage, explaining the brakes are OK, but over 60mph they seem to be fading. So you pick up the car and are surprised to find they adjusted the engine so you don't go over 60. 😀 Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
March 19, 20206 yr Shut down using Atl-F4. If your in a hurry this makes sure everything is closed before shut down. Steve G Steve Giblin
March 19, 20206 yr Moderator If you have GSX then its Control Panel utility is very useful for indicating if P3D has terminated. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
March 20, 20206 yr 3 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said: If you have GSX then its Control Panel utility is very useful for indicating if P3D has terminated. Yes, I use this and/or the light from TrackIR. Very useful... Richard. Richard Portier MAXIMUS VI FORMULA|Intel® Core i7-4770K [email protected] x8|NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080ti|M16GB DDR3|Windows10 Pro 64|P3Dv5|AFS2|TrackIr5|Saitek ProFlight Yoke + Quadrant + Rudder Pedal|Thrustmaster Warthog A10|
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