FSX doesn't save flights

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In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save it,
put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but then I
can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load, and the
flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!

Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions for
hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control permission for
all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For some reason, Vista
won't let me set Full Control permission for the C drive or for any part of
it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the problem and how do I get around
it?

Thanks for any help!

Thwackum

Vista Ultimate
Core2Duo E6600
2 GB RAM
7600GT
 
Thwackum said:
In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save
it, put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but
then I can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load,
and the flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!

Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions
for hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control
permission for all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For
some reason, Vista won't let me set Full Control permission for the C
drive or for any part of it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the
problem and how do I get around it?

Thanks for any help!

Thwackum

Vista Ultimate
Core2Duo E6600
2 GB RAM
7600GT
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I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
Try changing the write permissions as the admin.
 
Feliks Dzerzhinsky said:
I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
Try changing the write permissions as the admin.
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Thanks for advice! I am the only user so I am the admin. I did try to run
Windows Explorer as administrator, and found that I could change permissions
for some folders but not for others. Would anyone happen to know the folder
where FSX is supposed to put saved flights, or is there a configuration
setting where I can tell FSX to put them where I want them? TIA
 
Thwackum said:
Thanks for advice! I am the only user so I am the admin. I did try to
run Windows Explorer as administrator, and found that I could change
permissions for some folders but not for others. Would anyone happen to
know the folder where FSX is supposed to put saved flights, or is there
a configuration setting where I can tell FSX to put them where I want
them? TIA
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They are in C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files
 
Feliks Dzerzhinsky said:
They are in C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files
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Ok, I think I'm ready to give up because this folder is just not there. I've
read on another forum that sometimes FSX fails to create this folder at
setup for whatever reason. I tried adding this folder manually, but FSX
still does not want to save anything in it. :(
I even tried reinstalling FSX making sure I run the installer as
administrator. Same effect :(
 
Ok, I think I'm ready to give up because this folder is just not there. I've
read on another forum that sometimes FSX fails to create this folder at
setup for whatever reason. I tried adding this folder manually, but FSX
still does not want to save anything in it. :(
I even tried reinstalling FSX making sure I run the installer as
administrator. Same effect :(
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Where did you install FSX? Try installing it some place else than in
the Program Files folder...

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All the Best
Katy Pluta, MS MVP for Simulators
 
It's on a separate physical drive. I guess the next thing I'll try is
actually installing it on a C drive.
 
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