Hello Everybody,I just formated my hard drive and reinstalled FSX. after installation (and after combating few crashes made by FSX) I now have everything working except for one thing :With ne new insatllation I have lost the ability to go to spot/locked spot and tower external views (which i had before).I no longer have these options in the menu bar but the most important of all - I have no VC !!! I can only fly with 2D panels.(?!)Did anyone in this forum encounterd such a problem before ? if so please HELP !.I'm using WIN XP PRO with SP2 / HD 120GB / 2GB RAMThanks

>Hello Everybody,>>I just formated my hard drive and reinstalled FSX. after>installation (and after combating few crashes made by FSX) I>now have everything working except for one thing :>>With ne new insatllation I have lost the ability to go to>spot/locked spot and tower external views (which i had>before).>I no longer have these options in the menu bar but the most>important of all - I have no VC !!! I can only fly with 2D>panels.(?!)>>Did anyone in this forum encounterd such a problem before ? if>so please HELP !.>>I'm using WIN XP PRO with SP2 / HD 120GB / 2GB RAM>>ThanksSeems like the crashes must have corrupted some files.I would try re-installing with the REPAIR option first.If that doesn't work it's time for a clean re-install.Make sure you delete the FSX directories after you un-install it, before doing a clean re-install.

Done that more then once. I have uninstalled and reinstalled FSX3 times. Each time making sure everything (folders, Subfolders, saved games etc') were deleted, and everytime I've activated the product with Microsoft but I still don't have these views.Is there some kind of diagnostices tool that can help ??Thanks

If you have a product like Registry Mechanic it *may* help to run a deep scan after uninstalling FSX to ensure that your registry is clean with no corrupt keys etc residing in it. It may also pay to ensure you uninstall SP1 first and then FSX (at least i do that to guarantee a clean uninstall). Andrew