Thanks for all the info. I choose a situation (that was previously saved) in my Flightsim Document folder and insert that into my fsx.cfg situation - my FSX starts from there. I have no problem with FSX after everything is loaded. I was able to shave 5 mins. from double clicking on FSX icon by using the disablePreload option in the cfg file. I am also thinking that the amount of addon aircraft I have may be a contributing factor because I have so many - Eaglesoft Citation, Aerosim 747, 777, Feelthere ERJ's, Overland all, another company, another company Md-82's, SkySim DC-9's, Flight 1 Super 80's, another company 777, iFly's and at least more than 5 others. I also have a wealth of sceneries/airports. This is why I asked if anyone knew what FSX starts loading when it starts up. Perhaps I have many things loading that I will not be using in any particular starting situation.