Beware of the Windows 8.1 upgrade

[dhazelgrove]

Microsoft promised those of us who took part in the Windows 8.1 preview that everything FSX/FS9 would be working in the formal release.

Guess what? THEY LIED!

They've gotten around the issue by making sure that FSX and/or FS9 is actually removed from your HDD.
They are only physically retained if in a non-standard installation directory. They're also removed from the registry.
You'll also lose any Windows application that you manually installed.

Dave

 

[orionll]

That's because you upgraded from the preview build to the RTM build.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/update-from-preview

You can download the update for free from the Windows Store. You'll be able to keep your personal files, but you'll need to reinstall your apps. Make sure you have any original installation media that might be required for apps that were not installed from the Windows Store.

 

[Tim-HH]

That's because you upgraded from the preview build to the RTM build.

Yes, I think so too. I've just installed the Windows 8.1 update and FSX works as great as before

Greetings
Tim

 

[CG_1976]

Ok, so does this mean when I get my W8 RTM HP back from there Indiana Repair depo with my new Motherboard and reset factory RTM W8 I wont have any issue's upgrading to 8.1 and installing a virgin FSX gold and finally be able to bypass that darn Metro for the desktop?

 

[orionll]

That should be correct.

 

[MartinM]

Updated to 8.1 without any issues

Had to activate some add-ons again
FSDreamteam Honolulu
VRS F/A-18

Cheers
Martin

 

[AussieMan]

Upgraded to 8.1 successfully. Only problems I had with FSX and P3D was I had everything in 3-D colours but this was fixed by updating to the lasts beta NVidia drivers. I also had to restore some icons to my task bar but everything worked fine. Only thing I hated was the fac that after the install I had to use a password to log in to Windows. Also found a way around eliminating the password as well.