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Posted onPost created on November 30 2013 18:49 ET by Gerry McGraw

I have read in the past that FSX should be installed in it's own directory (and I meant to do that this time but forgot), does that make FSX run better or is the performance marginal, not worth a re-install?

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Posted onPost created on November 30 2013 19:12 ET by Jason Boche

The problems are security/permissions related with Vista, Windows 7, and I'm sure Windows 8 when FSX is installed in the default location of Program Files (x86 I believe was). It's not that FSX won't run here, it will, but the overall experience is better if you install it somewhere else as you won't be plagued with as many security related nuisances that are associated with the locked down Program Files directory. I installed in a folder named FSX off the root of my D: drive. You could do the same if you only have a C: drive as well. Personally I'd take this opportunity next time you install which is what I did.

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Posted onPost created on December 01 2013 08:49 ET by Gerry McGraw

Thanks Jason! I am aware of the security plagues when installing in the default directory, which is why I read that in the first place I believe. It seems logical to me that if it is installed in it's own directory it wouldn't task the CPU "as much" therefore getting a little better performance. I built a pretty good system so that isn't much of an issue for me, but always trying to make it run just that much better...LOL I have a 3770K, GTX680, 8 gbs RAM and 2 SSD's.

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Posted onPost created on December 04 2013 17:30 ET by Bob Klemm

Same thing for FS9 with those O/Ss - put it in its own directory.

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Posted onPost created on December 30 2013 07:55 ET by Lawrence Woodworth

Where putting FSX in its own directory on the root shines is when you have add-ons trying to add or update files (like the nav data) to the FSX folders. You COULD use the default c:\Program Files, or c:\Program Files (x86)\FSX [for 64-bit operating systems] directory if you turned off User Access Control, but turning off UAC would make your computer more vulnerable to malware.

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