Thread: Flight Sim X
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Old 08-05-2007   #2 (permalink)
Paul Smith
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Re: Flight Sim X

"G-Man" <g_foreman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I purchased this back last fall when released. It crashed constantly. I
>put it on the shelf until today.
>
> I loaded it on my Notebook with Vista Ult. I then added the latest SP
> from Microsoft. The program disappeared form the Start menu. The only
> way to start it is to browse to the program folder and create a shortcut.
> Anyone else have this problem?
>
> I'm tempted to uninstall and reinstall, but not sure if I can activate it
> again.


It isn't listed under the Start Menu, this is "by design", a number of
different games from different manufacturers have been doing this lately and
are only listed under the Games Explorer. Highly annoying. But you can
create a shortcut from there and place it in the Start Menu.

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