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May 21st, 2010 at 2:03pm

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Been camped out with a fatal error - FSX wouldn't open.  Now when I decide to uninstall/reinstall, a new wrinkle has appeared.  Using the sticky guidlines at the top of this thread, I first backed up my addons then, in add/remove, uninstalled any FSX related programs.  Now, when I try to remove FSX-Acceleration itself, I get a message 'this action is only valid for products that are currently installed'.  When highlighted for removal, the 'last used date' is 3/11/10 which is strange since it last worked on 5/18.  Everywhere I look, there's evidence of it's presence on the computer so what gives  Smiley?
 
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Reply #1 - May 21st, 2010 at 2:11pm

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I think you have to uninstall acceleration before you uninstall FSX. Try re-installing FSX, uninstalling accleration and then uninstalling FSX. I ran into a similar situation a while back, but I've had so many problems, I can't remember the details. Good luck.
Oh yeah, if you don't already have it, get Registry Booster. It will solve most, if not all of your registry problems, which might be causing some of your difficulties. 
 
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Reply #2 - May 21st, 2010 at 3:33pm

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patchz wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 2:11pm:
I think you have to uninstall acceleration before you uninstall FSX. Try re-installing FSX, uninstalling accleration and then uninstalling FSX. I ran into a similar situation a while back, but I've had so many problems, I can't remember the details. Good luck.
Oh yeah, if you don't already have it, get Registry Booster. It will solve most, if not all of your registry problems, which might be causing some of your difficulties. 



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Reply #3 - May 21st, 2010 at 4:04pm

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patchz wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 2:11pm:
I think you have to uninstall acceleration before you uninstall FSX. Try re-installing FSX, uninstalling accleration and then uninstalling FSX. I ran into a similar situation a while back, but I've had so many problems, I can't remember the details. Good luck.
Oh yeah, if you don't already have it, get Registry Booster. It will solve most, if not all of your registry problems, which might be causing some of your difficulties. 
The big problem is, Flight Simulator X and Acceleration are a combined entry on the 'add/remove' list and, of course, there's only a single remove button which tells me, essentially, there's nothing here to remove.  Now that I've started this, I'm in deep doodoo if I can't finish.  Good time for someone to come out with a new Sim  Roll Eyes.  Used three freeware registry fix softwares - no joy and the paywares tell me I've got hundreds of problems but they'll only fix six until I fork over. 
 
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Reply #4 - May 21st, 2010 at 4:16pm

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Dave.. Uninstall FSX using disc #1, Uninstall Acc using add or remove programs. It wont reinstall any other way except during a reformat.
 
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Reply #5 - May 21st, 2010 at 4:22pm

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Steve M wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 4:16pm:
Dave.. Uninstall FSX using disc #1, Uninstall Acc using add or remove programs. The correct order is in the stickies above.
The stickies are my guide and I'm uninstalling now via disk one.  Hopefully Acceleration will then uninstall with the add/remove. 
 
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Reply #6 - May 21st, 2010 at 4:31pm

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EDIT EDIT EDIT: Uninstall acceleration using the ACC disc also. Not sure of the order. I think last month I did FSX first and ACC last.. I believe I did it the other way around so I reloaded FSX, uninstalled ACC and reinstalled ACC with out having to mess with FSX again.
 
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Reply #7 - May 21st, 2010 at 5:13pm

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Steve M wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 4:31pm:
EDIT EDIT EDIT: Uninstall acceleration using the ACC disc also. Not sure of the order. I think last month I did FSX first and ACC last.. I believe I did it the other way around so I reloaded FSX, uninstalled ACC and reinstalled ACC with out having to mess with FSX again.
Can't find anything about uninstall on the Acc readme or anywhere else on the disk.
 
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Reply #8 - May 21st, 2010 at 7:46pm

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See PM Dave.  Smiley
 
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Reply #9 - May 21st, 2010 at 8:11pm

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Steve M wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 7:46pm:
See PM Dave.  Smiley
Saw and answered.  An interesting afternoon - like to say I'd learned something.  Determined to do this correctly, I uninstalled all and any FSX addons and backed up everything I planned to use again.  First the add/remove would not remove so I used disk one to uninstall and it said it had done its thing.  Then I tried the Acceleration disk and it could do nothing without FSX in place.  Looking around, I saw that the whole nine yards of FSX was still under Microsoft games in explorer and was still listed in add/remove.  Chewed on that a little then, with everything crossed, reinstalled FSX.  Lo and behold - a reincarnation.  And all my airplanes were there.  Acceleration was now happy as a clam so that light at the end of my tunnel may not be an oncoming train after all  Cheesy.
 
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Reply #10 - May 21st, 2010 at 10:55pm

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Steve M wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 3:33pm:
patchz wrote on May 21st, 2010 at 2:11pm:
I think you have to uninstall acceleration before you uninstall FSX. Try re-installing FSX, uninstalling accleration and then uninstalling FSX. I ran into a similar situation a while back, but I've had so many problems, I can't remember the details. Good luck.
Oh yeah, if you don't already have it, get Registry Booster. It will solve most, if not all of your registry problems, which might be causing some of your difficulties. 



Is RB free or does it let you download and then nag you for money?

It's freeware Steve, and very good freeware at that.  Smiley
 
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Reply #11 - May 22nd, 2010 at 3:31pm

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I apologize to all. Registry Booster is NOT freeware. But I think it is worth every nickel of the $29 price. I downloaded it and a program called Ultimate Defrag the same day. I just got confused/forgot which one was freeware. I am using Registry Booster often and it is working perfectly. It makes a backup every time you run it, so you can revert if it causes a problem.

Ultimate Defrag is freeware, and I think a very viable option to O&O Defrag. Ultimate Defrag offers options I never knew were possible, including choosing which files to defrag and where they are placed on the drive for optimum access (performance)or archival use. I am still testing it, but so far I am very pleased with it. Be sure to download the following version from cnet, as I think the newer version from the maker is not freeware.
http://download.cnet.com/UltimateDefrag-Freeware-Edition/3000-2094_4-10582157.ht...

Again, I apologize to everyone for making this mistake. Please just chalk it up to the poor memory/confusion of an old man. Embarrassed
 
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Reply #12 - May 22nd, 2010 at 3:48pm

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Thanks for the info Larry. Windows Live One Care does have a 30 day free trial with registry cleaner in it, but I found it to invasive, so I may put out the 29 bucks and try Reg Booster.   Smiley


Edit: Just an interesting sidenote.. I have a 10 year old laptop and a year ago I ran a reg cleaner on it for the first time. As the hours passed by, it finally ended saying I had 12,400 invalid registry entries! Might be a worlds record, I don't know.   Cheesy
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Reply #13 - May 22nd, 2010 at 4:51pm

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My favourite fault finder... Kiss...!

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Scans my Hard Drive(s), finds and corrects all sorts of problems and errors in my Registry, Program Files, Short cuts,  etc, etc, many times a day, each time I run it!.

I dread to think how many errors would back-up if I didn't keep running the program at regular intervals throughout the day!

Excellent Program!.... (Many thanks Bjorn!)... Wink... Wink... Wink...!

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Reply #14 - May 22nd, 2010 at 5:02pm

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Fozzer wrote on May 22nd, 2010 at 4:51pm:
My favourite fault finder... Kiss...!

Registry Mechanic:

http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/download/

Scans my Hard Drive(s), finds and corrects all sorts of problems and errors in my Registry, Program Files, Short cuts,  etc, etc, many times a day, each time I run it!.

I dread to think how many errors would back-up if I didn't keep running the program at regular intervals throughout the day!

Excellent Program!.... (Many thanks Bjorn!)... Wink... Wink... Wink...!

Paul.



I have Registry Mechanic, Paul, I just didn't renew my subscription last year. It is good software though as you've said.    Smiley
 
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