My Worst Fear Has Been Realized

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casey jones

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I know this has happened to many of you out there. But I guess I just wanted to mention it as I am puzzeled by the whole thing. I saw a panel for a 8 engine jet bomber of the USAF. It just said install the panel and gauges into FS9. I then waited for my panel to come up on the runway...NOT SO! my FS9 CRASHED!. Then I thought I will just re-start my PC...again it crashed. Then I knew something very bad had gone wrong...I was just puzzeled by this...what could have gone wrong? Then I decieded to delete my whole plane with the pane. This I fired up FS9 again...it crashed again! I then had to make the descision I had always feared re-install FS9 which did not take long, I did not lose anything, I re-installed FS9 but first I removed all my planes, my airports, effects, ect., then I replaced the re-installed folders with my old ones...but did not replace teh gauges because I figured what ever caused my FS9 to crash was in the panel D/L of the gauges. When I fired up FS9 everything worked! So my worst fear was realized. But I was prepared for it this time.


Cheers

Casey
 
:salute:Casey, I've been there a couple of times myself. Yuuks!
As you haven't lost anything important, then all is well. The upside is that usually when we make a fresh fs install, the simulator will probably work better. There are actually people who do this regularly (although I shudder at all the hassle).
Please tell us the name of of the specific panel so that we can at least steer clear.

Best Regards,
Nigel
 
Possibly a new .dll module in the Modules folder? Not likely a gauge unless it went to the FS9/Gauges folder. I doubt it modified teh FS9.cfg, scenery.cfg, or any FS9 .dll.

Usually the best thing to try that is least disruptive and costly is rename the fs9.cfg and let it regenerate. If that fails, then check for new additions in teh Modules folder.

Always install gauges in their panel folders, panel folders in their aircraft folders. Auto install to a temp folder, then manually install.

Happy you got out of it without significant damage.
 
Hi,

Been there myself.

I now keep a backup of flightsim on another disk. I wont do a backup unless I'm happy with the installed item. That way If I get a crash I can revert to my old folders etc. If it still crashes then I know its likely to be a registry problem.

I also keep backups of my config files, doesnt always work but saved the bacon a couple of times.

Ron
 
That plus I never over-write gauge files. Lots of aircraft come with gauges and when I copy them over I figure FS has been good so far so I only take new ones. If a major problem crops up I can delete the new files to start with as I trouble shoot. If you have the space, keep an updated copy of gauges, modules and whatever else you can, and do update it regularly. That alone has saved the game several times.
 
There are only two B-52 panels out there for the B-52, Mr Ken Mitchell's was not the one that caused my FS9 to Crash, it was the other one, just look up panels FS9 in Fltsim.com, it will come up...Remmenber not Mr Mitchell's B-52 panel.

Cheers

Casey
 
Yep, I know that panel (David Henry Company ?) and somewhere here was a thread that I started plus e-mails to the author. He said it had a VC and I kept asking where, I don't see it. Turns out he was referring to that TV monitor type mini-window in the panel. Anyway I don't remember it causing problems. I don't know if a reinstall was needed but glad you are back in the game. I have found that gauge issues cause the most fatal crashes just behind some rogue scenery. So I always keep an up-to-date copy of them that I know work.
 
Depending on size of the FS installation and quantity of payware I also highly recommend keeping a full backup somewhere on an external drive. There are many free and payware options out there to accomplish that task. A must for me.

And almost nothing ever gets to install directly into my FS installation. I want to know what goes where and decide. If I can't figure out a way to avoid the auto installer I usually pass on the package. Even if someone else has no problems with it that is no guarantee that it will not cause hickups on my system.

Most autoinstallers can be fooled by placing a FS9.exe file into a temporary folder.

Stefan
 
Hi,

Most autoinstallers can be fooled by placing a FS9.exe file into a temporary folder.
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Indeed .. and for fool more "vicious or smart" autoinstallers (those who check the registry base :) ) this tool is the solution.......

FS2004 (ACOF) - Misc. FS2004 TweakFS Path Utility
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Name: fs9pathu.zip Size: 593,179 Date: 08-10-2005 Downloads: 1,842
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FS2004 TweakFS Path Utility, v1.1. Features Repairs the FS2004 path in the Windows Registry; Checks the registry path for the FS9.exe file; Warns if the registry path is missing; Sets the registry path for the FS9.exe file; Warns if the FS9.exe is not in folder on clicking the "Set" button; Avoids the need to reinstall FS2004 in the event of registry corruption; Searches for the FS9 Reg key in the Windows RegEdit program.[/SIZE]
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