Hi MD. My first thought is that this is caused by something else, not necessarily FS2002 at all. Think of anything you've changed or installed to your system since FS2002 last ran properly. I have no knowledge of WinXP myself but most people seem to use it these days.  I've heard it mentioned that one of the SP updates can affect FS2002. If you did this recently it might be worth trying the System Restore feature to revert back to when FS2002 last worked properly.

This is only a guess & someone else might have a better suggestion.

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I wouldn't recommend adding anything to a freshly installed program until you're certain it runs properly.

If you have enough free space on your HD I suggest you do a duplicate install of FS2002. First rename the FS2002 directory folder on your HD to any other name. "FS2002 old" or similar. The name doesn't matter but this does 2 things. It backs up FS2002 & hides it from the setup program. Now insert the CD & install in the usual way. Try the fresh install before adding anything to it. If it runs OK you can transfer your addons gradually from the original install before deleting it.

Hi Ashar,

Thanks your welcome! Regretfully, I dont have active camera.

I wonder where in fs2002.cfg is the line\command stating where and which aircraft are default.

Could you direct me to that place?

MD

Hagar, I certainly will adopt your recommendation. I just wanted to make sure my settings are still the ones required. They haven't been so by the way, I edited them but again without sucess ( apart a longer h/d activity time ?! ).

Having around 2,880 aircrafts (incl. AI) and numerous sceneries, I just think about the (one at once) installation which might take weeks (?) if after each and each installation FS to be tested. Is it correct?

Cheers

....mmm...2,880 aircraft......testing one per day would only take just over seven YEARS M.D....then the other "numerous sceneries"....Jeez...no further comment.. .commoner

Hi MD. Glad you fixed the problem. I very much doubt that the culprit aircraft installed itself or that a trojan is to blame. That EMB145 is possibly part of an AI package (PAI?). With the amount of aircraft you have it's quite possible you installed it yourself & simply forgot.

PS. 2,880 aircraft is beyond my imagination. I can't think how you can keep track of anything like that amount. I've been doing this for a few years now & I never had over 100 aircraft installed at any one time to any version of FS.

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I agree the AI traffic is one of the best things about FS2002/4 but 2,847 different types of AI aircraft seems a tad excessive to me. I'm surprised that FS2002 can handle that many. You could have the same amount of traffic with far less variations & not notice the difference.

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Indeed. Quite how you managed to track it down will remain a mystery to me. ???