Depending on whether you have Acceleration installed, or not, determines whether you get the FA-18 OR the LX-45. The FA-18 is only available for those with Acceleration, the rest get the LX-45. So....Because you have Acceleration, you get the FA-18. If you can see it, the install is okay. If you can't, which I think is what you are saying, your install is faulty.

If you installation is not working, there are a few things you might need to do.

1) Instal Weapon for FSX "as an administrator". Right mouse click on the Weapon installer (csw001_1000.exe) and select "Run as an administrator" (second from the top, below OPEN) from the box that shows up.
2) Run the Loader as an administrator so that it can make changes to the aircraft that you want to have weapons. Right Click on the "Loader", select properties, select the Compatibility Tab and place a tick (checkmark) in the option to "Run this program as an administrator".
3) You might also need to run FSX as an administrator IF it is installed in the default location (whivh I think is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X) so that it will work properly. Right Click on the "fsx.exe", select properties, select the Compatibility Tab and place a tick (checkmark) in the option to "Run this program as an administrator".

If non of that works, just say so and I'll give you a list of more fun things to try. Hopefully that won't be necessary.

Mark

You have to highlight the .exe file first by left clicking once on it, then right click on it and you will then see the drop down menu with the option of "run as administrator".                      BobK

Copaman wrote on Jul 19^th, 2011 at 2:13am:

Copaman is right. Winzip doesn't give you the option to "Run as administrator" from within a the zip file. Extract it first and then right mouse click on it.

Sounds like something is wrong with the installer. It either didn't activate properly or it didn't install properly.

Check-in to Your Profile > Select product > Extended Download Service > Get New Links

Download it again and install it from the new file.

Mark

Have now received my software Disc and regret to say that I nam no further forward. Similar to the download version the programme installs OK, with the location in---FSX/Captain Sim/weapon/Loader.--- I have two files here. cfg, and Loader.exe. Double clicking Loader has no effect. Right click Loader and select 'Run as administrator' had no effect. Again right click Loader and select 'Trouble shoot compatability'select 'Try recommended settings'-Result 'Issues found , Incompatable Application Detected'. Also tried 'Trouble shoot programme with same result. Your comments would be appreciated

As you are running Win7 64bit, is Weapons being loaded into the correct directory as I seem to have seen that Win7 64 bit has this strange structure of program files and then a 86xx program files folder?

I dont have Win7 but recall seeing this somewhere before on a forum.

Windows XP 32bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CaptainSim\w001 - delete w001 folder (it might be the same location for Vista & Win7 32bit versions too).
Vista/Windows 7 64bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CaptainSim\w001 - delete w001 folder

Look that the attached image be aware that this is the Windows 7 64bit location. Vista 32bit and Windows 7 32bit registry may or may not have the Wow6432Node section.

Mark