- #HOW TO INSTALL FSX ON WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
- #HOW TO INSTALL FSX ON WINDOWS 10 LICENSE#
- #HOW TO INSTALL FSX ON WINDOWS 10 SIMULATOR#
You can skip the next section since you do not have Flight Simulator X Gold or Flight Simulator X Acceleration Pack. This is VERY important as for reasons mentioned before. REMEMBER to run Flight Simulator X in between every install of the Service Packs. Install the Flight Simulator X Service Pack One and Service Pack Two. If you have Flight Simulator X GOLD or if you have Flight Simulator X Acceleration Pack, then you can skip the following step. The Service Packs or the Acceleration Pack may not install if Flight Simulator X is not activated. You will be required to activate Flight Simulator X at this stage.
#HOW TO INSTALL FSX ON WINDOWS 10 LICENSE#
Once you run Flight Simulator X, you will need to accept the End User License Agreement before you will be allowed to continue. So remember: RUN FLIGHT SIMULATOR X IN BETWEEN EVERY INSTALL!
#HOW TO INSTALL FSX ON WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
If the files are not unpacked, the update will not run all the way through as it should, that simple. The service packs can only update Flight Simulator X if the files are unpacked. After the program is installed, it needs to be executed (run) in order for the files to unpack. Why? Because Flight Simulator X is distributed in a compressed state. This leads to all kinds of funny display problems such as disappearing aircraft and aircraft without wings. Now for Chinese Trick Four Thousand and Seventy Nine! Once Flight Simulator X is installed, RUN IT! Most people skip this step and directly install the service packs afterwards. This path will not be protected by the UAC (User Access Control) feature of Windows and you will be able to easily add aircraft and scenery later without having to re-assure Windows that you do in fact know what you are doing! We recommend that you create a directory called FLTSIM on your main drive and then install Flight Simulator X in there.
Clicking on this button will give you more options such as changing the installation path.Ĭlick the BROWSE button to bring up the browse screen. If you however read what is on the screens you will see a button labelled MORE OPTIONS on the screen. If you just click next, next, next when installing, Flight Simulator X will be installed into the Program Files directory. Adding aircraft and scenery later will be mission on its own, so spare you some hair pulling later and do it right the first time around! The reason being is that from Windows Vista upwards, Microsoft has become dead set on protecting us from ourselves! Access to the Program Files directory is forbidden for us mere mortals! Even system administrators have difficulty removing files from the Program Files directory. We strongly recommend that you DO NOT install Flight Simulator X into its default location of Program Files.
Hold on to your horses! If you do not do it the right way, then the Flight Simulator X files will not update correctly giving you all kinds of display problems! When it is time to reinstall Flight Simulator X, we all want to get the job done as soon as possible.