Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - FS 2004 will not open

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FS 2004 will not open

DVA10874
Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 29 2012
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Millennium Club

""You can't fix stupid""
Gold Canyon, AZ

1,320 legs, 2,363.9 hours
1,316 legs, 2,352.9 hours ACARS
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN

Posted onPost created on September 24 2015 20:02 ET by Gary Maple

I have been using FS 2004 for about eight years now, with no problems. Today I clicked on the desktop icon as usual and for some reason it said that I "must be logged in as Administrator", I am, and always have been logged in as admin. I right clicked on the icon and selected " Run as administrator". Now when I click on the FS icon the User Account Control window appears asking if I want to allow changes............ I click on yes and nothing happens. FS will not start. I then completely removed FS2004 and all associated files and reinstalled FS2004. I now see that the FS desktop shortcut icon has a Windows shield embedded in it which I assume has something to do with a compatibility issue. When I click on the FS 2004 icon now all I get is the User Account Control window asking if I want to allow changes........I click yes and nothing happens. I have run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter several times tying all of the choices with no success. FS will not start. I also have FSX installed on this computer and it still opens and runs just fine, and I have no other computer issues. I am running Windows 8.1 IE 11 What the heck? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 25 2015 07:29 ET by Sean Zarella

Disable your UAC in windows. Try that was first step.

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on September 25 2015 19:34 ET by Gary Maple

Thank You for your reply, I tried disabling UAC as suggested, moved the slider to "never" and restarted my computer. Same response FS 2004 will not open. However I do not get the UAC window pop-up now. Still have the blue and gold Windows shield right next to the FS shortcut.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

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

2,307 legs, 9,292.6 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,965 legs, 8,085.7 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,343 legs, 9,427.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on September 25 2015 19:51 ET by Luke Kolin

Gary Maple wrote:

Thank You for your reply, I tried disabling UAC as suggested, moved the slider to "never" and restarted my computer. Same response FS 2004 will not open.

You've got the Windows Update that disables SafeDisc. Use the FS2004 NoCD patch.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on September 26 2015 15:08 ET by Gary Maple

Sounds great, Where do I find that and how do I do that? Or can I just remove that update? I Googled the no CD patch and got a lot of suspicious download sites with no clear instructions on how to apply it to FS2004.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

Posted onPost created on September 27 2015 18:53 ET by Gary Maple

Ok, I found a site that worked: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/317/no-cd-patch-for-flight-simulator-2004 Works great! I contacted Microsoft Support and after an hour of remote connection with my computer (free) they said that it was a Adobe Flash Player update issue! Thanks for the help

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

DVA3623
Captain, B757-200

Joined on October 09 2006
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Make no excuses just do it"
Independence, MO USA

106 legs, 203.8 hours
13 legs, 25.2 hours online
96 legs, 188.9 hours ACARS
6 legs, 10.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 06 2016 00:36 ET by George Ray

your problem is because a Microsoft security update kb3086255 uninstall that and hide that update to keep from reinstalling the update then your good to find the up check your update history scroll down till you find the update

George Ray

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on February 06 2016 15:55 ET by Gary Maple

Thank You George for your reply. I found, removed, and hid the KB3086255 update as suggested. I checked the info link for that update and sure enough it states that "Some video games may not work properly after installation of this update" What the heck Microsoft ??? An update that disables one of your own games? As I said earlier FS 2004 is now working fine with the No CD patch that I installed, however it is still running as administrator which requires ACARS to be run as administrator as well. I do not seem to be able to remove administrator settings. I really do not want to do a un-install-reinstall of the game and risk loosing add-ons and settings that I have had for a long time. I just do not like running the game as "administrator". Any suggestions? Thanks again.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

Posted onPost created on February 07 2016 12:07 ET by George Ray

im not sure bout that Gary im still having issues with mine as well mine is trying to some of my add-ons to work with windows 10 like my fav mcp-pro i love my fs9 wish i could get windows 7 back on i would go back good luck Gary hope u get fixed safe flying

George Ray

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on February 07 2016 12:13 ET by George Ray

Gary i think there is a way to do the uninstall-reinstall without losing anything i think if i remember correctly it will ask if u want keep all files and settings and there i a box to check to do that

George Ray

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on February 07 2016 14:40 ET by Gary Maple

Yes, I remember seeing the option to save files and settings during a reinstall that I did about two years ago. However I did loose some stuff during the install anyway. I have resisted the free Win 10 update from my current Win 8.1 simply because too many people are having compatibility issues just as you are. Also I do not see that Win 10 offers any advantages over my current OS. I may reconsider Win 10 in the future when Windows gets some of the bugs fixed.

Gary Maple (DVA10874)

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