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DVA8830
Captain, B757-200

Joined on July 12 2010
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Mount Jackson, VA

242 legs, 463.9 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
242 legs, 463.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 18:37 ET by Tom Preziuso

Can anyone help with the issue of my menubar being invisible on FSX. I have searched online and have tried everything I know so far but no luck. Can anyone offer any insight to this....please????

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 18:47 ET by Michael Brown

If you press and hold down your ALT key it should reappear.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 20:14 ET by Tom Preziuso

Yes I did that as well and nothing. I can see the FPS line move up and down as if the menu bar is there but still isnt visible.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA3768
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, COMM

Joined on December 02 2006
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Never trade luck for skill."
Pelham, NY USA

422 legs, 602.6 hours
310 legs, 445.5 hours online
379 legs, 541.7 hours ACARS
29 legs, 59.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 21:04 ET by Gideon Sober

Try switching between full screen and windowed mode.

Gideon Sober

Senior Captain, B727-200

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 21:13 ET by Tom Preziuso

tried that too, and my mouse wont right click ....this has been an issue for the last several weeks

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 21 2011 22:36 ET by Gideon Sober

Try running the repair for FSX or restore pc to previous point where things worked correctly.

Gideon Sober

Senior Captain, B727-200

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 08:54 ET by Tom Preziuso

When I insert the FSX disc to try and run a repair it gives me a message that says Microsoft Flight Simulator X.msi cannot be located on the J drive which is the drive the disc is in.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA8890
Captain, B747-400

Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club

"The sky is NOT the limit."
Plano, TX USA

336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs, 255.8 hours online
328 legs, 1,249.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 09:09 ET by Alexander Brinson

For some reason, I don't ever need the disk in. Have you tried deleting the fsx.cfg file? It automatically puts one in, just move it or rename it rather than deleting in case something goes wrong.

Alexander Brinson (DVA8890)

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 09:33 ET by Tom Preziuso

I have looked for that file in the FSX folder and cannot find it.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA9589
First Officer, A320

Joined on March 14 2011
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Stuart, IA USA

1,495 legs, 2,393.1 hours
45 legs, 90.3 hours online
1,480 legs, 2,370.6 hours ACARS
4 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 09:41 ET by Randy Donnelly

I once had this issue many many moons ago. It turned out to be a setting in the OS, or related, if I recall ? Sorry can't give specifics if it comes to me I shall post. Old age partimers smile

Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 09:58 ET by Michael Brown

Tom Preziuso wrote:

I have looked for that file in the FSX folder and cannot find it.

The CFG files isn't in the FSX folder. YOu need to turn on "Show hidden files and folders" and then search for FSX.cfg ....it is in appdata/roaming/....something, something, something ....

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 10:48 ET by Tom Preziuso

ok, I foung the file in adddata\roaming\microsoft\FSX and then located the fsx.cfg file. What do I do next?

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 10:52 ET by Tom Preziuso

Hide menu normal is set at 0

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 10:53 ET by Tom Preziuso

HideMenuNormal=0

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 12:17 ET by Michael Brown

Move the CFG file to your desktop (right click, cut, then paste to desktop) ....try to start FS and see what the menu does.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 12:18 ET by Michael Brown

Or you can just rename it to something like fsx1.cfg ....the point is, FSX will create a default CFG files when it starts.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 13:10 ET by Tom Preziuso

I cut and pasted the file on my desktop, ran FSX and the menu bar was still invisible. When I shut down the simulator and went back into the appdatas file, there was no fsx.CFG file that regenerated. I really dont want to uninstall and reinstall

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 13:50 ET by Michael Brown

Sorry...out of suggestions...good luck

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on April 11 2010
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"I love to fly and it shows."
Cary, NC

1,162 legs, 3,864.0 hours
705 legs, 2,383.8 hours online
1,090 legs, 3,586.4 hours ACARS
25 legs, 104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5 hours

Posted onPost created on April 28 2011 16:00 ET by Elise Van De Putte

I had this issue once, i just copied the cfg from another user on my computer, one that I know works

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

Posted onPost created on April 30 2011 13:11 ET by Tom Preziuso

OK, the only way I could get the menu bar back was to restore it from an older restore date from the computer.

Now I get a message that FSX i has experienced an error which is preventing product activation from being completed. I have been all over the net of this one and nothing seems to work. Frustrating. Even called microsoft help line, what a joke that was.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on April 30 2011 16:09 ET by Michael Brown

Sounds to me at this point you need to reinstall FSX

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on May 01 2011 00:27 ET by Tom Preziuso

is there a certain procedure for uninstalling FSX before reinstalling it

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA7729
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on September 09 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
Globetrotter

"Roar like GE-90s!"
Mississauga, ON Canada

396 legs, 1,741.6 hours
380 legs, 1,692.7 hours online
391 legs, 1,702.2 hours ACARS
46 legs, 113.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 01 2011 00:50 ET by Shahzeb Bhutto

You can follow this proper procedure suggested by PMDG: http://support.precisionmanuals.com/KB/a87/how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-fsx.aspx

Shahzeb Bhutto (DVA7729)

Posted onPost created on May 01 2011 11:30 ET by Tom Preziuso

Well I went through all of the steps line by line and removed every file I had. When I try to reinstall I get the following messaage "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it. J:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X.msi
The J drive is the drive the FSX Disc 1 is in for the install. Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated. I also installed every add-on I had on computer.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 01 2011 13:16 ET by Michael Brown

So you navigated to the FSX disc, right clicked on Setup, and then selected Run as Administrator? ...also, is the disc clean & scratch free?

I found this AVSIM forum post, maybe it will help you (I didn't read it all): http://forum.avsim.net/topic/286603-unable-to-install-flight-simulator-x-deluxe-edition/

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

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