Sparkrite

Flight Control Unit.

Oh Dear! Not another thread being dragged into that awful wrangle of MSFS V P3D !!! 😡 It will end up being closed...........just like all the other tiresome ones.

Ah, that old dilemma...... Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

Can't really say I'm surprised, esp. when even P3D users don't upgrade to the latest version of their ( beloved ? ) sim. It appears most would rather stay with an older and non supported version whilst giving out about LM's upgrade model. I accept that a "Catch 22" situation may exist but P3D users are doing little, if anything, to alleviate said position. I have both V5 and V6 installed and at least 95% of my many addons work well in the latter version and because of the improvements ( some,mentioned above) I find myself using V5 less and less, if at all these days. Very difficult to get right and is very subjective but is, IMO, vastly improved on previous versions. Also the enhancement in performance is extremely welcome. If P3D users really want a bigger/brighter/newer sim. then I suspect no "backwards compatability" will exist at all, hence the excuse to not update of 'I have spent thousands on addons etc." may well be valid, but at present it holds very little water as most addons do work with V6, even if the Devs haven't bothered to update their installers. I firmly believe that users are guilty of putting another 'nail in the coffin' of P3D by not upgrading/supporting their own platform of choice.

😁😁😁 Don't beat yourself up too much. We all have, at sometime or other, overlooked the obvious. I certainly know I have been guilty of it. But at least you will know how to do it from now on. 😉

Ok, don't use "delete generated files" that is overkill and a pain, as you have found out. Instead (as a start) just rename/move/ "Prepar3D.cfg" found in C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5 and then restart P3D. P3D will generate a new one and hopefully will work correctly, all you will have to do is setup your desired graphic/sound/weather settings and a few others, but not many. Assuming all is fine,make a backup of your new "Prepar3D.cfg" then if/when the problem re-appears you can compare the original with the now problematic one. If the above doesn't fix anything then obviously it's deeper and we can explore from there. For example, disable half of all addons, see if problem gone, if not, disable half of remaining addons, see if problem gone and so on.........

And a lovely piece of scenery it is ! Works perfectly also in P3D V6.

Neither needed in V5. If you want weather then:- ASP3D .

@rogan As per first post:- Thanks for the info on user accounts and is something I must try. I know it takes time, setting it all up again but may be worth it......MS certainly don't help trying to insist that new user accounts also register with them as well. Thanks again.

Sorted folks! After un/re-installing V6.1.9 yet again and the update failing again (but reports successful, as before) I decided to "Take ownership" of the entire P3D folder and then applied the patch and 'Hey Presto!' it worked. So, I assume some file somewhere was being prevented from writing to somewhere ??? Will never fully get to grips with MS and their OTT permissions/security/UAC and all this, with me as the only user on the PC and obviously with full admin rights !!! What a palava..........😁

I thought of that but the full version is only V6.1.9 so would still have to install the patch and I have already re-installed that version.

Hi, Also posted over at LM forum............... I have tried many times to apply the latest patch V6.1.11 to my V6.1.9 installation but with no success. It goes through all the motions and says it has been succcessful but it is'nt. I am still left with V6.1.9. My installation is in D:/Prepar3d V6/ and the patch installer "sees" it there, says it's going to update it, takes about 15mins or so, reports that it was successful but I'm still left with the old version. I have tried both auto update and manual installation. I have tried "repair" also after successful reporting of patch installation. I am using Admin mode. Complete P3D dir. excluded from Win Defender. Why is it not updating? All help/suggestions appreciated. TIA.

Any chance you might share what resolved the problem, please?

All appears to be back to normal today.

Same here, no problems with it in V5 and V6. However I agree with Ray, very annoying Orbx Central wanting to 'update' it even though you never installed it via OC. Also the one time I did allow OC to 'update' it, it didn't even manage that correctly either !! That's a bummer.