ok pete didn't mean to offend but I did press cancel button but it still woudnt load anyway
and as far as the .dlll is concerned didn't delete all the fsx .dlls just the fsuipc one
its working fine now and ime surprised how I managed without it before sorry to have caused offence but I am an fogy retired and still like fly the skies .....without delays at the airport
oh and to end I did purchase a pucker copy and it loaded first time, again thanks for the good work
frank