Directx Location Windows 7
Oleta Blaylock
Okay ... I am doing a new build and I had FSX on a different drive and I created a shortcut to get to it. Now I am getting an error message ... Flight Simulator cannot run because the version of Microft DirectX installed on your computer is incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running flight simulator setup, or douwnload the current version.
@ Th1racer - Your issue is probably related to a fairly well known issue regarding Win 10. Win 10 does not ship with DX9 by default. As you have only copied over the FSX files you would not have any DX9 related files as they are System files and are stored outside of FSX. Even if you had the discs you will still have problems as the version of DX9 included on the discs is woefully out of date and are known to be incompatible with Win 10....
2. Right click on the saved .exe and select Run as Administrator from the options listed. Let the installer do its work. NOTE that the redist pack includes files for DX9 (versions A to c), DX10 and DX11. The install process will check for what versions are installed and then install missing versions and/or replace missing, corrupted or invalid files of any version already installed.
Other things that you both need to consider is what other essential 'library' files may be missing, especially with Win 10 as, by default, it ships without some of the earlier versions of such 'libraries' that FSX relies on. The main essential ones are:
You will need to download the relevant 'bit' version for your OS (i.e. 32 or 64 bit). Click on the required link and a standard download option box will appear - DO NOT run the installer from this but select the Save As option and save the file to temp location. To install, right click on the file and select the Run as Administrator option. Install each package separately, starting with the oldest version, and reboot using the appropriate option for your OS version stated above between each install.
It is worth pointing out that you can have multiple versions of these 'libraries' installed. They are not just required by FSX but are used by many programs and apps. They will work happily along side each other and a program or app will automatically use the most compatible version.
I did the same thing. Copied all my files to the new drive, but after I got the directx issue straighten out FSX would stop working when I tried to load the program. I had to delete everything and start from scratch, which meant reinstalling steam ... then it took 9 hours to install FSX ... I don't recall it taking that long when I first install it. But unfortunately you have to start all over again.
Steam is actually best viewed as having two parts - the Client (which acts as your gateway to your account, the Steam website/shop, etc) and the Library (this is where your downloaded content is stored)
By default, when you first install Steam and create your account all that is there is the basic Client. As part of the installation it creates a sub folder called SteamApps. A further set of subfolders are also created within this folder, one being called Common, and it is this folder that becomes, by default, the Library location.
Using the tools available via your account library settings, you can dictate where new content is installed (either for all content or on a product by product basis) or move previously installed items to a new location. It must be noted that Steam will always use the SteamApps\Common part of file naming structure irrespective of what you name the root target folder. I.E if you were to move game A to a new drive the folder structure will look like this example:
As I don't use pedals I have not directly encountered this type of problem. I have seen other threads relating to this type of issue and many seem to be resolved by installing the latest available driver/software for the device.
WRT to it not being listed have you checked ALL controller related settings. When you first go the page it lands on the Calibrate page but if you click on the other two tabs you may find that is appears under one of those.
Another option would be to disconnect the pedals, throttle and stick and then reboot the PC. Then reconnect each item starting with the pedals (using a different USB slot than previously used) and see what happens .
The only other advice I can offer is to use google to search for solutions specific to the brand of pedals that you are using. The search will probably throw up links to many of the flightsim threads relating to the issue.
Option 2 - Insert FSX disc TWO into the drive and stop it from auto-running. Right click on the drive icon and select OPEN from the resulting menu. This will show the contents of the disc. Scroll down the contents to located a file named msxml - it will have a standard MS Windows Installer icon. Double click on the file to run the program. Once the installer has done its work reboot and test FSX.
Option 3 - Go to this MS PAGE and download a version compatible with language version you have. As you are using Win 10 a possible relevant point to make here is that, if you have the English version of the game and methods 1 or 2 resolves the issue, it may still be beneficial to download and install the English version of this file.
Corrupted files are not causing the language error. You simply have a different language version of FSX, and that means you will simply need to get that same language version of SP2. (service pack 2).
Did you download MSXML4 SP2 from the link I gave in Option 3 provided in post #13 and install it? If you did, what error messages, if any, did you get during its install or after when trying to run FSX?
If you haven't downloaded it do so. Do not run it directly from the download but save it to a temp location. Then right click on the file and select the Run as Admin option and let it install. Reboot the PC after the install to allow system files and the registry to be updated.
WRT to getting another copy of FSX. If you want to go down the download route then Steam is the only option. It will be cheaper that sourcing a disc based copy and already has many of the proven tweaks applied. As the Steam version is basically the FSX Deluxe version with the Acceleration pack, the vast majority of your current addons will work fine with it. The only issue is that they may not automatically find the default install path as it is buried deeper than the normal FSX default path.
Yes sir I d loaded from that link...... from the temp download folder I un zipped to the FSX folder, right clicked and ran as admin, It did not seem to download ? restarted the laptop and opened FSX folder, clicked on FSX application file and get the MSXML4 SP2 component not installed. Please reinstall Flight Simulator to restore or repair the missing component.
As I stated previously, the MSXML component is part of the OS system - it is not a part of FSX but merely a required component that FSX requires to run. The files associated with it are stored OUTSIDE of FSX as the are used by many programmes. Furthernore, you should not simply be 'unzipping' the contents - files that have a .msi extension are dedicated MS installation executable files and work similar to other executable such as .exe or .bat files
What appears next will depend on a number of factors. If no MSXML 4 install is detected it will automatically install the package into the required location. If a MSXML 4.0 install is detected it will offer 3 choices, Modify, Repair or Remove. Select the Repair option.
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