babar66 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hello good day to all, I am Jacques, new in your site, wishing to discover this new SIM as I am a fan of FSX since now quite the beginning of the Microsoft project. Just loaded the demo version of FTX-ORBX project on windows 7/64 desktop computer where FSX is located at "PROGRAM FILES/MICROSOFT GAME/MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X". After installing the demo cliking on the icone KHQM Control Panel, I receive the following msg : "unable to locate de FSX installation folder" and cliking on ftx central I receive the following : "FSX not found at the location pointed to by the registry or No FSX entry found in the registry" Does anyone have an idea of what I can do? Thanks a lot for your consideration and help in this matter. babar66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 that means you have moved / changed the original fsX registry entry, the installer looks for that there are several registry entry repair tools around on the net you could try this one => fsX register tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 thanks a lot Sir for your prompt reply will try it and will let you kow. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Unfortunately not successfull at all. Same msg received as above, even after reboot. Thanks for the follow-up if you have any other idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 What OS are you using Windows 7 ? just another few tips make sure your fsX install is excluded from Anti Virus programs, they all act differently and some of them just delete files on god knows what criteriamake sure to unzipp the installer into it's own foldermake sure you have Administrator rights and always run the installer by right-click and install as Administratormake sure that the User Account Control is disabledmake sure that you have enough free space left on your C drive for the un-wrapper to do it's thing, safe to say the 20 G's is a minimum requirementNEVER EVER try and run the installer from within the zip file, you are prone for faulty installs and other mishapsfor larger files use a download manager with resume option, in case the line get's screwed you can resume your download and do not need to start all over againtake your time, do not go on the click click click quick tour, you're prone to miss something and the guessing game starts as to what went wrong where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Thanks a lot Wlater, Will check all the above points as indicated. How I can place a picture on the forum? Cheers Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hi Jacques, please have a read here as to how post screenshots on our forums => http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/38447-how-to-post-a-screenshot-on-the-orbx-forums/?p=335815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hi Wolter, There is some pic to see regarding my registry: http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/L9a http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/L9Q http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/L9t http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/L9M If you see something wrong please let me know. Thanks a lot Cheers Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethro VH-JET Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hey There Jacques, Just a little hint when making screenshots from your computer screen, it might help Wolter to be able to see the info properly. Try this - On your keyboard when you have the applicable screen, dialog or window open in foreground, you wish to make a screenshot, press ALT+PrtScn (printscreen) keys at the same time and voila, you will have a perfect readable image to paste into your MSPaint for saving and uploading. You can even just press the PrtScn key to capture the entire desktop. Cheers Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thanks Jeff for the advice. I know this but as I am using three screens, doing PrtScn as you say, means that you will recieve three views. This is why I used to take the picture with my cell phone. Have a look on this sample at the following link: http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2013/11/08/xK0Uq.jpg But at this time I am still unable to open Orbx due to the following problem: "unable to locate de FSX installation folder". If anybody can give me advice I will be happy. Thanks a lot in advance Cheeers Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 On my system (win7 64) the setup path is actually in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\microsoft games\flight simulator\10.0, "Wow6432Node" is specific to 64 bit operating systems and I don't think the old Flight1 registry repair tool was written for that. You might try this one although I can't vouch for whether it works or not: http://tweakfs.com/download/fsx_reg_utility.zip Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thanks a lot Jim for your concern. This is exactly what I have on the registry at "Wow6432Node". Have a look on the printscreen enclosed. I used the reg utility same as you said. I don't know what happen with this problem. I never have had any problem like this with any of soft linked at FS. http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2013/11/08/G76P.jpg http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/LhS Any comment? Thanks a lot again Jim , Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 In your first post you said you had FSX installed in PROGRAM FILES/MICROSOFT GAME/MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X, but it shows there the setup path points to "Program Files (x86)" rather than simply "Program Files", was that a typo or is there actually a discrepancy there? Maybe you could also try the Iceland demo and see if that installer behaves any differently? http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/67069-ftx-global-iceland-demo-off-version/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 No sorry it was a mistake in my first post, I forgot to add x86. It's really installed where the software did at the origin.Will try what you say and will let you know. Thanks Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babar66 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Hi Jim, This time this insaller worked properly for Iceland. If I understand ORBX is, let say, an add-on to FSX, not a new simulator. OK let me see what FX can benefit working with ORBX and will decide later. Thanks for your cooperation. Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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