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Message started by ottoramsaig on Apr 28th, 2013 at 6:17pm

Title: Re: New to FSX Weapons with a question
Post by Markoz on Oct 24th, 2013 at 1:51am
Hellraiser 1000, it's best to install Weapon for FSX using the Run as administrator option if you are using Vista/Win7/Win8. This allows everything to be installed correctly. Also, IF FSX is installed in the default location (C:\Program Files etc.), it would also be wise to always run FSX as an administrator too, or else things may not work correctly (due to the restrictions that UAC has over that location). You could turn UAC OFF, but I don't recommend doing that.

To always run FSX as an administrator, got to the root FSX folder (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\) > Right click on fsx.exe > Select Properties > Select the Compatibility Tab > Checkmark (place a tick in the box beside) Run this program as an administrator (under Privilege Level).
After doing that, FSX will always be run as an administrator.

I would recommend that you don't install FSX in the default location (although that might be too late now) when using Vista/Win7/Win8, because of the strict control applied to them. It's better to install in, for example, C:\Flight Simulator X, or (as in my case) on another drive/partition (J:Flight Simulator X). Then you shouldn't have any problems with the UAC's strict control. I have one addon that doesn't work correctly unless I run FSX as an administrator. ;)

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