Joystick settings, startup situations

[Leen de Jager]

Hi,

There is something wich really puzzles me.

I have been experimenting a bit with planemaker and I did some stupid things I think.

As a result of this X-Plane did not start anymore due to an acf file I produced without having any obj file for it, in the general aviation folder..

I deleted the complete X-Plane 9 derectory and placed back a copy wich I had saved on another harddisk weeks ago.

Strange enough the problem was still there.

There even showed up in the aircraft-menu some planes who were present in the corrupted X-Plane version I deleted and which were NOT in the backup.( trying to launch these planes crashed X-Plane instantly , naturally because they are not present in the Aircraft directory)

My conclusion : Contrary X-Plane says in its manual , deleting the X-Plane directory will remove ALL X-Plane stuff

there must be some file somewhere outside the X-Plane folder.

Now I renamed the X-Plane 9 folder to Austin`s Sim and everything worked fine again.

The only thing I had to make again were my joystick/buttonsettings.

So there must be some kind of file outside the X-Plane folder (maybe in the register??)

My question is, what file and where to look for it?

Leen de Jager

[JBalsa]

You can start by letting us know what Operating System you are using.

If on Mac OSX, and launch from a dock, did you change the icon? In the past I have had issues were if I didn't change the icon, it would actually launch an older version of X-Plane.

I was puzzled as to were an old X-Plane version would be stored, but with a simply icon change, I had it running the newest version.

Good luck! - Jason

[Leen de Jager]

My apologies for my late reaction.

The problem however is solved.

I had X-Plane installed under Programfiles in Vista.

Now I know , never install X-Plane in Windows "Programfiles"

In programfiles X-Plane cannot create certain files.

Vista solves this problem and stores that files "elswhere" outside "programfiles".

Deleting and re-installing X-Plane , does not remove that old thrash "elswhere"

Elswhere = AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)

Cheers

Leen de Jager

[kiofka]

I ran X-Plane in the program folder in an XP operating system. No problemo.

Lose Vista! Microsoft will be the first to admit it's a terrible operating system swimming with bugs.

Make the leap to Windows 7. It's an easy install upgrade from Vista. Rock steady platform.

There are two program folders, regular and x86. Use the regular one.