Flight Sim X will not work on Windows 8.1

Anonymous
2013-10-18T16:23:57+00:00

I have the official release of 8.1 now, downloaded last night and FSX still does not work.

I can get through the menus but when I click to fly now, it drops me back to the desktop and gives me a fatal error.

I have tried:

 1. A system restore back to windows 8, followed by the 8.1 upgrade.

 2. Fresh install of FSX with no add-ons

 3. Tried 'run as admin' and all different compatibility modes.

It still does not work...FS2004 works great. FSX did work in Windows 8.0 fine.

This needs to be fixed, otherwise Microsoft will have killed FSX.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-13T19:04:01+00:00

    8.1 is pretty easily removed just need original DVD ur key is always valid even with a total re-install

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-01T03:53:22+00:00

    Alright, after days of uninstalling and reinstalling I figured out something, even though it is not ideal you can roll back your driver to the previous installed driver. Hit **windows + x,**click on Device Manager find Display Adapters and click on it.  Double click on the graphics card name. Select Driver and then select Roll Back Driver. It worked for me, although it is not ideal it works!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-31T16:49:24+00:00

    BullGod

    Had FSX for many years on desktop and decided today to install on my 8.1 laptop with SP 1 and SP2. Kept crashing.

    Dropped your file in FSX directory and it seems to be stable!

    Thank you

    One thing though, I cant get into true Fullscreen now. Still have bar along the top but stability is main thing.

    Sincere thanks from Wales

    Tom

    Credit needs to go to PhilipAnderson_1977. He brought up the need for the alternate UIAutomationCore.dll.  I just gathered the English version and typed out the info to share what worked for me with everyone.

    :-)

    Glad it is working!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-31T15:32:59+00:00

    BullGod

    Had FSX for many years on desktop and decided today to install on my 8.1 laptop with SP 1 and SP2. Kept crashing.

    Dropped your file in FSX directory and it seems to be stable!

    Thank you

    One thing though, I cant get into true Fullscreen now. Still have bar along the top but stability is main thing.

    Sincere thanks from Wales

    Tom

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-20T15:08:43+00:00

    I have an HP and applied some of the advice from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925722/en-us) and am now running flight simulator.

    As I am running a new computer I download all the updates. Even when it said I had all the updates I search for more updates until finally I had all the updates, This included a new driver from NVIVIA.

    Then I installed Flight Sim X first but opened the files on the disc and ignored the one that automatically checks to see if you have the right driver. Then I installed Flight Acceleration. After the last install I was able to use the highest settings with no problems. My fingers are crossed that it will keep running as it should. For those that tried to install before the updates I would try to purge all the flight sim folders. Hope this helps .....

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