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FSX - Splashscreen not responding.

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Hi guys, so booted up FSX some night ago, was going to do a short trip, realized my joystick was giving trouble again(wiring issues) therefore i had no controls and decided not to fly again since the joystick needs re wiring and soldering.  So I clicked the X on the top right hand corner, the prompt came up to exit and I clicked yes.  Done this many times over the pass 10 years and no issues.  Based on research doing such can cause a bug or error in the logbook.bin file which leads to the sim not responding on the splash screen forever.  What I did I opened the resource manager and saw nothing, I installed the logbook recovery tool, never worked, tried colleagues logbook files still didn't work, cleared the scenery data cfg, removed the last aircraft I used, cleared the fsx.cfg file and still nothing.  I have not viewed the CTD file yet for any other help but if there is a helpful chapter I can look at please let me know.

What am I to do now because I really do not want to have to fully delete FSX whipping it clean no remanence and having to reinstall(tired of doing this over the years also lol).  I have to much addons and personal mods I don't want to back up because of the time it will take.  Any advice appreciated thanks. 

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Have you tried copying the logbook.bin file, placing it in a safe place, then deleting that file and restarting the Sim?

Charlie Aron

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Hey, yes i have + also using disk 2 to repair fsx

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26 minutes ago, 9Y_iamdre said:

Hey, yes i have + also using disk 2 to repair fsx

Probably not the best to use only disc 2 for Repair.  If you have the 2 disc version of FSX (Deluxe version)
I would start by uninstalling SP1 and SP2 (if installed) and do the Repair starting with  disc 1 and then disc
2.  The reinstall both SPs.  Keep in mind that doing the Repair may put setting and such back to default!

Charlie Aron

AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar

Just 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!

                          images (1) (1).jpeg

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Tried that today, that didn't work,  still saying not responding on the splash  screen for a long while.

i know I am late to the party, but might I suggest the Logbook Editor by Dan Downs.

Just look in the library for " logedit3_364661.zip.  It is an excellent Program & easy to use.

FYI.  The technical term for your problem is a corrupted EOF {end of file} marker.  It usually happens quite often when you close down FSX too quickly.

As always, make a backup of the file first.  Then remove the last logbook entry, restart FS.  If it boots, you are done.  If not repeat & rinse.  It should only take a few deletions to restore the logbook.

Hope this helps....

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