Should I uninstall P3D from my current system beforehand?

Thanks'

Mike

You deactivate your P3D Before you uninstall or you will have problem when you try to install on a different PC. Same if you have PMDG products. 

34 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

You deactivate your P3D Before you uninstall or you will have problem when you try to install on a different PC. Same if you have PMDG products. 

Thanks, and yes, I was wondering about my PMDG products.too. So how do you manage PMDG?

Thanks,

Mike

Interesting topic.   I recently set up a new PC with P3D5.3 as a second sim machine.  I neither deactivated P3D on my existing PC, nor did I deactivate any of my PMDG aircraft before installing those into that new sim instance on my new PC.  I had zero issues and can do flights with my PMDG aircraft on my new P3D instance.  BUT, I have not attempted to have both P3d instances running simultaneously.  I would need to buy another license to feel comfortable doing that and I'm not sure LM still sells v5 licenses.

 

Edit:   The install to my other PC was to begin the process of migrating to that much faster machine with my flying.  It will likely take 100's of hours of installing aircraft, scenery and utilities before I can finally "use" it, and now that I have most of my scenery issues resolved on my existing P3D install, I'm not motivated to work on that right now.  

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by SnoBrit

Not sure about the process of "moving" a PMDG license, but for P3D itself there are a limited count of activations initially assigned to your purchase, hence the recommendation to deactivate and thus keep the count of activations in your favour.

Once you exceed the activation count P3D will no longer activate and you'd need to email P3D licensing for a reset stating your reasons for a reset.

Cheers

If I remember correctly, when uninstalling the P3D Client, the uninstaller asks you if you want to deactivate P3D. After that, you can proceed with the whole uninstall.

Just for curiosity: what will your new rig be?

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by Luis Hernandez

7 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

If I remember correctly, when uninstalling the P3D Client, the uninstaller asks you if you want to deactivate P3D. After that, you can proceed with the whole uninstall.

Just for curiosity: what will your new rig be?

https://www.newegg.com/cyberpowerpc-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-64gb-ddr5-4tb-nvme-ssd-gml70470-black/p/N82E16883230846

This is the new rig. It's usually a real hassle with PMDG whenever I've changed my hardware. I'm giving my current system to my wife, and she has no interest in flight simming. So I should probably uninstall everything first??

Thank you guys!  

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by simaddict

2 hours ago, simaddict said:

So I should probably uninstall everything first??

I did two years ago and whilst it's a major exercise installing everything again it does guarantee problem-free installs. FlyTampa has some clever anti-piracy methods. I tried copying / pasting from my old PC to the new one and the available memory ran out when situated at one of their airport.

So yes, do it cleanly and it will pay benefits.

4 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I did two years ago and whilst it's a major exercise installing everything again it does guarantee problem-free installs. FlyTampa has some clever anti-piracy methods. I tried copying / pasting from my old PC to the new one and the available memory ran out when situated at one of their airport.

So yes, do it cleanly and it will pay benefits.

Thank you, Ray. By doing it cleanly, do you mean uninstall from my current system and just start over with the new machine?

12 minutes ago, simaddict said:

Thank you, Ray. By doing it cleanly, do you mean uninstall from my current system and just start over with the new machine?

Yes. Don't forget ActiveSky. Not sure how fussy it is with another install.

3 hours ago, simaddict said:

https://www.newegg.com/cyberpowerpc-gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-64gb-ddr5-4tb-nvme-ssd-gml70470-black/p/N82E16883230846

This is the new rig.

Looks nice!

3 hours ago, simaddict said:

So I should probably uninstall everything first??

Well, Ray said everything. It will take a long time, but it's the best way to do so.

6 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Well, Ray said everything. It will take a long time, but it's the best way to do so.

Bear in mind it’s not a race. I installed a few airports and then checked all was well. Lorby’s Addon Organizer is brilliant for ensuring everything is as it should be.

The trickiest bit was ORBX and its insertion point. Make sure you adjust that early on. And don’t forget ORBX Global package and opting to make a separate install and not overwrite the default textures. There was a right old stink about that when it first came out.

Sounds like that's the path i'll go with. I thank you all so much!!

Mike

6 hours ago, simaddict said:

This is the new rig. It's

That’s a nice setup from NewEgg.  And NewEgg have greatly improved their support and return policy should you have any issues (you can thank Steve at Gamers Nexus).  I had to return a motherboard to NewEgg recently and they were very quick and efficient at getting me a refund and return shipping etc.

27 minutes ago, SayAgain said:

That’s a nice setup from NewEgg.  And NewEgg have greatly improved their support and return policy should you have any issues (you can thank Steve at Gamers Nexus).  I had to return a motherboard to NewEgg recently and they were very quick and efficient at getting me a refund and return shipping etc.

Thanks, I've had good luck with them, too!