P3d v5 cannot find FS standard controls xml file.

[haseen 10]

When I try to start P3D v5.1, it gives a message "P3d v5 cannot find FS standard controls xml file". After quite a while, P3Dv5.1 starts. But P3D v5 forgets my Logitech Pro yoke and pedals control settings, i e Axis assignments, key assignments etc. Please help.

Regards,

Haseen Ahmad.

[micstatic 4,319]

I would suspect a window update reset your usb power management. I always make sure my USB ports do not turn off. 

[haseen 10]

Hi micstatic,

Thanks for your response!

How can I check USB ports are on? What else should I do?

Regards,

Haseen Ahmad.

[neilhewitt 494]

5 hours ago, haseen said:

When I try to start P3D v5.1, it gives a message "P3d v5 cannot find FS standard controls xml file". After quite a while, P3Dv5.1 starts. But P3D v5 forgets my Logitech Pro yoke and pedals control settings, i e Axis assignments, key assignments etc. Please help.

Regards,

Haseen Ahmad.

Take a look in C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\Controls. There should be a file called standard.xml in there (there may also be a file called standard.xmlx). That is the 'standard controls XML file'. If it's there, check permissions to make sure it can be read and written to by non-admin users. 

If it's there and permissions are OK, then I don't know why you would get that error message. In theory, if you remove the file it should be automatically regenerated, but if prepar3d.exe runs in a user context that cannot write to that folder and it is missing, then it won't get regenerated and that might explain it.

[Dick 47]

Same thing happened to me this morning. No idea what caused it. My p3d generated a new file with the default settings.  

My system makes a backup on every startup, so I took yesterdays file and replaced the newly made one.

 

[micstatic 4,319]

I had it happen and had to go back and reimport my old saved control file that I backup for these instances.  Also saw that a windows update had messed up usb power management settings.  I had this happen a few weeks ago if I recall.  

 

I still find this link very helpful:

 

[Bob Scott 7,721]

The free Lorby-SI P3D Addon Manager has a one-click backup feature that makes a copy of a whole bunch of P3D config files (and can restore them in the same manner).  As a matter of habit, I take a snapshot of my config files with the utility before/after I make any change.  It's made recovering from these sorts of nuisances a trivial affair.