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Happy to do so. I hope it is of help to someone else at some point. The foolish thing is not making mistakes, but failing to learn from them. Very Best Wishes.

Hi. Thanks to everyone for taking the trouble to read and offer solutions. I am enormously grateful to you all. With regard to the WinSxS folder, I couldn't agree more. Not being familiar with it or what it does, I researched some more about it and realised it should be left well alone. I also read the tutorials you mentioned. I have tried CCleaner as it is been part of my standard suite of programs for sometime. It was unsuccessful at sorting the problem Same goes for the MS soloution provided by the links. I tried that before posting here and it didn't work. I can however reveal that I have fixed the problem. The solution is something I should have hit upon already and I'm a little embarrassed I missed it. But no matter. I decided to take another look through my Temp folders just to ensure I had deleted any left over installation files. As it happens I tried installing again while I was doing this. Not sure why, but there you have it. Any way, I noticed a folder was created called {9527A496-5DF9-412A-ADC7-168BA5379CA6} which contained mostly .bmp and a few ini files etc that the installer was using. As soon as the installation procedure is quit, this folder is deleted. So it doesn't hang around for you to find later. So call it inspiration or humiliated stupidity, I searched the registry for entries with this name....sure enough, there were some. I deleted them, re-booted, ran the installer again and it worked. Strikes me as obvious now, but not at the time. Why nothing else found these entries I cannot explain. I'm just glad it worked. So with tail firmly between legs, I once again offer my heartfelt thanks to everyone and shall now proceed to put everything back as before. Lesson learned. Very Best Wishes

Thanks for the replies. No, I wasn't sure about the WinSxS folder either? As for all other suggestions, done it, tried it, none of it worked. I had hoped the separate account might be successful but it had exactly the same result. I did forget to mention I get an Error: -1605 but searching upon this has not lead me anywhere either. I really do not want to reinstall the OS just to get the wretched thing to work, however much I enjoy it. It really is as if there is some left over data somewhere but I'm buggered if I know where. Even the MS FixIt! was useless. There has to be an explanation, but I'm too tired to look further tonight Greatly appreciate the suggestions and time taken to help. Thanks.

Hi. Newbie and so apologies for wrong forum, question already asked/solved etc. :mellow: I recently had a problem with a fairly new FSX install (few weeks old, dodgy addon) on a newly built computer that required me to remove it and start again. However, reinstalling it is proving to be more trouble than any reasonable individual has a right to expect. For "some" reason whenever I run the installer all I am offered is the Remove or Repair option. Now, I have removed it. I have scoured my registry, my hard drive for files and fragments and got rid of them. I have followed numerous Googled ideas about how to resolve this problem without success. I have used Revo Uninstaller (always do), I have tried Windows Install Cleanup (it was no help). I have manually looked though my registry using regedit and Registrar Registry Manager. I have, in short, done everything I and apparently, other people, can think of and it still will not install. Please can anyone offer anything further before what is left of my hair is torn from my already weary head. Two things I feel might have bearing on this. My first attempt at reinstalling was working but I realised I had selected the wrong HD and cancelled the procedure. It was literally seconds into the job and only 2 obvious files had been copied to the new (incorrect) folder. This was to my system drive and I do not install FSX on but a seperate one. Secondly, I read elsewhere and thus cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information, that it is possible that the WinSxS folder is corrupted and this will prevent FSX installing. I have no idea if this is true or has happened to me. Everything else is working fine and glance at said folder shows nothing to suggest there is a problem with it. Of course it may not be that obvious assuming this is a possibility. Does anyone have any ideas, anything. I'm at a loss and although I'm no computer expert I am by no means inexperienced and without a modicum of skill. Anything at all would be gratefully received. I want to fly my planes again. I do miss them so. Many thanks for taking the time to read my rather pathetic plea. Best Wishes. Windows 7 x64 btw.