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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Installing FSX on Windows 7 64bit
DVA10783
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on March 23 2012

"The stars are were we look not what's under us."
Billings, MT

83 legs, 147.2 hours
75 legs, 129.1 hours online
79 legs, 135.6 hours ACARS
1 legs, 4.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 24 2012 19:36 ET by Casey Penney
I just bought a new computer today and I am getting ready to instal FSX. I have done a little research and found that most people say to install it just under the /c dive and to turn off User Account Control. I would just like a little guidance over this. Thanks.

Casey Penney

Captain, B737-800
DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 24 2012 19:43 ET by Brandon Howell
Installing FSX in it's own folder has debatable effects. I installed mine under the default path and it runs just fine. For UAC, go to Control Panel > System Security > Change UAC settings > Never notify.


DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,314 legs, 9,320.7 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,972 legs, 8,113.8 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,350 legs, 9,455.6 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 24 2012 20:58 ET by Luke Kolin
Brandon Howell wrote:

Installing FSX in it's own folder has debatable effects.


??

I wouldn't turn off UAC.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 24 2012 22:43 ET by Brandon Howell
Some people say that installing FSX in it's own folder improves performance.


DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,314 legs, 9,320.7 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,972 legs, 8,113.8 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,350 legs, 9,455.6 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 24 2012 23:28 ET by Luke Kolin
Brandon Howell wrote:

Some people say that installing FSX in it's own folder improves performance.


I don't think there's any performance increase - only that putting it under Program Files increases the likelihood of old addons running afoul of UAC; and I don't want to turn off UAC. Well-behaved programs should be able to run without admin access. ACARS certainly can.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on May 05 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA

477 legs, 700.4 hours
468 legs, 686.6 hours online
254 legs, 389.4 hours ACARS
3 legs, 3.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 25 2012 12:27 ET by Trevor Bair
I followed Nick Needham's guide to the T and it works very well. I'm using a separate drive for FSX though, which might (or might not) provide an impact in frame rates. I could see it being a possibility due to the way it is defrag'ed vs the SSD that I'm running my OS off of (which does not get defrag'ed)

http://www.simforums.com/forums/topic34141_post198187.html#198187

Trevor Bair

Senior Captain, MD-88
DVA7484
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 01 2009
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club

"Chinook crews carry everything!"
Charter Township of Clinton, MI

262 legs, 1,116.0 hours
232 legs, 995.9 hours online
260 legs, 1,104.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 03 2012 06:50 ET by David Smith
I have been taking time off from flying to work on my Robot. I have been learning to program using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. I am using C# but it will also program in C++. Learning this stuff has opened my eyes to the inter operations of FSX and my payware aircraft. My point here is that I now know what the DLL's and xml files do, what memory they hit, and how it is called. I even modified (don't tell on me) some of the files to gain better performance. I don't recommend it for everybody but if you want a close personal look at the inner workings of FSX, and the aircraft files, Microsoft will give you a copy of Visual Studio 2010 lite for free. Just go to the Microsoft Robotics Development Studio web site and download it. The manual is a rather large document so pick and choose what you want to use. It's better to print the stuff out then try to use it and have the GUI open at the same time. Like I said .... this isn't for everybody but some folks may find it interesting.


DVA9589
First Officer, A320

Joined on March 14 2011
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club

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 August 03 2012 10:54 ET by Randy Donnelly
Luke Kolin wrote:

Brandon Howell wrote:

Installing FSX in it's own folder has debatable effects.


??

I wouldn't turn off UAC.

Cheers!


It has nouthing to do with how it "Runs". It has much to do with how it plays with addons. 1000 people may not have an issue but if your one of the ten that do you would understand why. Its the computer thing! Most if not all developers highly recommend NOT installing in a UAC controlled file, programs. Specially in a networked enviroment running simconnect or WideFS. Now theses people arent stupid


Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320
DVA1562
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on March 06 2004
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 500 Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Three Million Mile Club

"Semper Paratus"
Yellowstone National Park, WY

2,875 legs, 7,956.3 hours
81 legs, 119.2 hours online
2,658 legs, 7,068.5 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 05 2012 09:39 ET by Tim Knight
I have win7x64 and run FS9 and FSX with no problems. No need to turn off UAC either. I do run in admin mode tho. Installed in default folder.

Tim Knight

Senior Captain, DC-6

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