FSX Hangs on start-up

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mickwill Trainee
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:45 am

Hi All,

Just before I go for a total re-install of Windows 7 & FSX, I might have missed something.

I have Windows 7 64 bit on a quad core with an Nvidia 9800GSO, saitek yoke, saitek radio panel. I run Ultimate Traffic II & FS Panssengers. I have Captin Sim 757 and Wilco 737 PIC loaded as well.

When starting FSX it loads all the module and then hangs. Task Manager says not responding and the only thing I can do is shut down the progam Sad

I have removed the previous & saved flights as I know these can sometimes cause a hang. Still no joy.

I have renamed the FSX.CFG to FSX.BROKE so that it has to rebuild the FSX.CFG. I know this worked as FSX ask me to re-authorise the modules for the add ons. Still the same thing - stops just before the menu.

I have run a repair of FSX from the DVD's and reapplied SP1 & SP2. This has not improved things.

Windows is up to date and also the nVidia & Creative drivers are the lastest available.

Before I do a wipe and re-install does anyone have any ideas. The though of spending a day to doing a rebuild from scratch is not appealing!

Thanks

Mick

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:14 pm

Delete the log file, that usually helps with this type of problem.

Radar

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mickwill Trainee
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 43
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:37 pm

Hi RM,

Do you mean the logbook.bin file?

Thanks

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mickwill Trainee
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 43
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:56 pm

Hi RM,

Just got home and renamed the logfile.bin to logfile.broke, and it now fires up!

😛

Thank you for your help, deffo own you a 🍻

Best Regards

Mick

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:54 pm

Glad to hear that!

Radar

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