Andy_Downunda

accumulated_time=0 [engine.1] accumulated_time=0 Fortunately the original Airplanes and other SimObjects subfolders remain listed and populated but the question is what initiated this change? I can only have been the Steam SE Installer and if it made changes to the FSX installation then there's every likelhood that Registry entries/values were changed too, pushing it back to Demo Mode. There are many Posts about this Demo Mode issue but not connected to SE that I can see. I seem to be the unlucky blighter who has found the but or programming error. Btw, I also tried the KB928080 "fix" found on a Web Search but running it left FSX in Demo Mode. The only thing I havene't tried is reinstalling Acceleration. No response from Dovetail Games that I'm aware of but as Microsoft they appear to have washed their hands of FSX and SE. The real bugbear for me is that the commercial add-ons I spent a small fortune on over many years may or may not work in SE. Anyway, I appreciate your response. Cheers 🙂

Captains, I'm afraid this problem has resurfaced. I had FSX Acceleration installed and properly activated on my PC - on the c:\ drive in the default path. It has run over several years with very good stability but my hope was that SE would allow me to push the limits of the various settings and on Tuesday last I bought and installed Dovetail Games FSX Steam Edition (SE) from the Steam Shop. Now, immediately after installing SE and on firing up FSX I found that something in the SE install process had caused FSX to revert to Demo Mode with the following message being received after 30 minutes - "Thank you for trying Microsoft (R) Flight Simulator X. The demo time limit has expired and Flight Simulator will now shut down." I have never seen this message before. The fact that it has coincided with the SE install leads me to believe that the Steam install executable has either overwritten a dll or other system file or even worse, changed the Registry values for FSX. As a retired programmer of many years I would be aghast if the SE install has in any way altered the FSX files but there is no doubt something has nobbled FSX, preventing me from enjoying to the full my Simulator of choice. I have posted on both the Dovetail Games and FSX Steam Forums seeking help but so far no remedy has succeeded. It is clear that many people have experienced this reversion to FSX Demo Mode with indications that a repeat activation or reinstallation may be needed which to me is a last resort. To say I'm far from impressed over this is to grossly understate my reaction. If this is a programming error in the FSX SE release then someone's head should roll over it. Just in finishing, I have uninstalled both FSX SE and the Steam app yet the time limit and message persist. I promise I won't go near either of them again. Any advice/help would be appreciated, including identification of which file causes the time limit message above to appear after 30 minutes.

I have the FSW Conquest and MU-2B-60. I am hoping as a future project you might consider the Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B or later for release to the Flightsim Community. I see it as a practical addition to your Hangar and hope you might give it a go. Thank you