FS9 Won't Start

[Greg Reince]

Hi All,

Long time no see. I have been quite sporadic with my flight sim activity but still manage to get a few flights in a month. Recently, however, I have run into quite a problem. FS9 has not been loading. When I click the "Microsoft Flight Simulator 9" icon, nothing happens. No splash screen. No computer "buzz". Nothing. I have never had this problem occur before.

Some background on my system:
-Intel (R) Core (TM) i5 CPU
-3.33 GHz
-8 GB RAM
-64 Bit Operating system
-Windows 7
-GeForce GTX 560 NVIDIA Driver 337.88

Some background on remedies I have tried:
-I have gone through all (10) remedies on Microsoft's troubleshooting of the issue here, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/837195, to no avail.
-I have tried deleting the FS9.CFG file and restarting FS9 with no luck.
-I have updated DirectX and my video card drivers.
-I have tried starting FS9 as an administrator and "normal" user.
-I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling FS9.

To top it all off, FSX starts up just fine. I never really transferred over to FSX on its release, however, and still have all of my payware addons on FS9. I am starting to get frustrated trying to figure out this conundrum. I have used FS9 on this system for the last 6+ years, and another 6+ years on a previous system and have never encountered such a problem.

Has anyone else experienced this same issue? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Greg

[Norberto Rivera]

Have you checked your event log to try and narrow down what's crashing?

[Greg Reince]

Bert,
I had not looked in the event log, but I think what Pete wrote nailed the issue on the head.

Pete,
I tried following the steps to resolve the issue, and I made some headway. I now at least get a splash screen when I start, but then my screen goes dark and then back to the desktop. Have you had success with the workaround?

Truth be told, I have done a lot of research on Prepar3d recently and just saw V3 was released a few days ago. After a long time with FS9, it may be time to upgrade.

Greg

[Theodore Martin]

....
Truth be told, I have done a lot of research on Prepar3d recently and just saw V3 was released a few days ago. After a long time with FS9, it may be time to upgrade.

Greg [/quote]

You may also want to look at FSX Steam. I've heard some good things about it and it is probably cheaper than P3D (especially v3).

[Hebert Augusto Africano Linares]

Hi Greg. Cheers
After a while without browsing the page I've run into this post. I do not know if you have already solved the problem with starting the FS9.
We do not lose another attempt. Please follow the steps below stand:
1.-Make a backup of the original fs9.exe (FS9 9.0.0.30612) located in the root folder of the simulator.
2. Put it another fs9.exe (FS9 9.1.0.40901). You can overwrite. To download it from my account that MEGA: https://mega.nz/#!uVsXALwA!RasqH23TAlgF ... 4iBBJWL4dw
3. Restart the computer.
4. Try to start the Flight Simulator 9

I hope it serves

Reiterating the cordial greetings

[Greg Reince]

Hebert,

Thank you for the suggestion and offering your fs9.exe. However, I was still unable to get FS9 to load. I am already starting to get accustomed to Prepar3d V3 and think I will finally make the jump to Prepar3d.

Thanks for the help troubleshooting, gentlemen.

Greg