Hello, I bought and installed the new maddog today, and my exe.xml, is no longer loading.  I reverted to the backup created by the Maddog installer and it's also not loading, so now I'm perplexed.

Here are the two file contents:

Post Maddog install:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
    <Descr>SimConnect</Descr>
    <Filename>SimConnect.xml</Filename>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>FenixA320</Name>
        <Path>C:\Program Files\FenixSim A320\deps\FenixBootstrapper.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>FSL Control Center</Name>
        <Path>D:\FlightSimLabs\ControlCenter\FSLControlCenter.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>-NOTIFY</CommandLine>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>TDS Sim Software GTNXi Gauge Integration</Name>
        <Path>C:\ProgramData\TDS\GTNXi\FlightSimEXE\TDSGTNXiFlightSimEXE.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>-FSIntegration</CommandLine>
        <NewConsole>true</NewConsole>
    </Launch.Addon>
        <Name>iFly Plugin</Name>
        <Path>D:\MSFS24 Community\Community\ifly-aircraft-737max8\Data\Tool\737MAX_Plugin.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>auto</CommandLine>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>RealSimGear Add-on</Name>
        <Path>D:\Program Files\RealSimGear MSFS Device Interface\Device Interface\RealSimGear.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>Couatl</Name>
        <Disabled>False</Disabled>
        <Path>D:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_boot.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>MDClient</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Users\d_rea\AppData\Local\Maddog X Files\MSFS 2024\MDClient\MDClient.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
 

Pre Maddog install / back up:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
    <Descr>SimConnect</Descr>
    <Filename>SimConnect.xml</Filename>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>FenixA320</Name>
        <Path>C:\Program Files\FenixSim A320\deps\FenixBootstrapper.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>FSL Control Center</Name>
        <Path>D:\FlightSimLabs\ControlCenter\FSLControlCenter.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>-NOTIFY</CommandLine>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>TDS Sim Software GTNXi Gauge Integration</Name>
        <Path>C:\ProgramData\TDS\GTNXi\FlightSimEXE\TDSGTNXiFlightSimEXE.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>-FSIntegration</CommandLine>
        <NewConsole>true</NewConsole>
    </Launch.Addon>
        <Name>iFly Plugin</Name>
        <Path>D:\MSFS24 Community\Community\ifly-aircraft-737max8\Data\Tool\737MAX_Plugin.exe</Path>
        <CommandLine>auto</CommandLine>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>RealSimGear Add-on</Name>
        <Path>D:\Program Files\RealSimGear MSFS Device Interface\Device Interface\RealSimGear.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>Couatl</Name>
        <Disabled>False</Disabled>
        <Path>D:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_boot.exe</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
 

Thanks for any help!

Dave

Both files are missing a line with

 <Launch.Addon>

before the line

 <Name>iFly Plugin</Name>

Ahh yes, good catch!  Thank you.

I wonder how that line went missing?

Gremlins, most likely. 🙂