Just installed on new computer and cant get past black screen

[jamjam]

Hi Everyone,

 

I am hoping you can help me with FSX. I have installed the program on my new computer with no issues but once I set up a flight and select fly, I just see a black screen and nothing else. I have read everything about the issue but noting works. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall which doesn't work. The computer I am using is:

 

Key Features

Intel® Core™ i7-10700K processor (8 Cores, 3.8 GHz-5.1 GHz 16MB Cache)

MSI MEG Z490I Unify Motherboard

NVIDIA® MSI GeForce® RTX 2070 Super Ventus 8GB GDDR6

32GB DDR4-2933MHz UDIMM (1x32GB) RAM

512GB SSD storage

2TB HDD storage

7.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer

Windows 10 Home Advanced

 

Can anyone please assist me in fixing the issue?

 

Thanks 

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,

try opening your fsx.cfg file and in the [Main] section, change Maximised=1 to Maximised=0.

This will stop FSX from using full screen.

If the window is still black, delete the Shaders folder at C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Microsoft

and try again.

[jamjam]

Hi Nick,

 

Thanks for getting back to me. i looked in the FSX file and cant seem to see the "maximised=1". This is all i see under [main]

 

[Main]
User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter
SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes
SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft
SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles
SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats
SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals
SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc
ProcSpeed=7918
PerfBucket=7

 

also I cant see the "Shaders" folder either, not sure what I  am doing wrong?

 

If you could point me in the right direction that would be great 

 

thanks 

 

 

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,

you can add the line yourself and you might need to set your Windows File Explorer to

"Show hidden files, folders and drives" to see the appdata folder and its contents.