Vista - FSX doesn't save flights

In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save it,
put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but then I
can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load, and the
flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!

Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions for
hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control permission for
all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For some reason, Vista
won't let me set Full Control permission for the C drive or for any part of
it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the problem and how do I get around
it?

Thanks for any help!

Thwackum

Vista Ultimate
Core2Duo E6600
2 GB RAM
7600GT

Thwackum wrote:
> In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save
> it, put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
> dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but
> then I can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load,
> and the flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!
>
> Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions
> for hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control
> permission for all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For
> some reason, Vista won't let me set Full Control permission for the C
> drive or for any part of it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the
> problem and how do I get around it?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Thwackum
>
> Vista Ultimate
> Core2Duo E6600
> 2 GB RAM
> 7600GT
>
I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
Try changing the write permissions as the admin.

"Feliks Dzerzhinsky" <fdzerzhinsky@kgb.su> wrote in message
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> Thwackum wrote:
>> In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save
>> it, put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
>> dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but
>> then I can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load,
>> and the flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!
>>
>> Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions
>> for hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control
>> permission for all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For
>> some reason, Vista won't let me set Full Control permission for the C
>> drive or for any part of it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the
>> problem and how do I get around it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>> Thwackum
>>
>> Vista Ultimate
>> Core2Duo E6600
>> 2 GB RAM
>> 7600GT
>>
> I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
> Try changing the write permissions as the admin.

Thanks for advice! I am the only user so I am the admin. I did try to run
Windows Explorer as administrator, and found that I could change permissions
for some folders but not for others. Would anyone happen to know the folder
where FSX is supposed to put saved flights, or is there a configuration
setting where I can tell FSX to put them where I want them? TIA

Thwackum wrote:
>
> "Feliks Dzerzhinsky" <fdzerzhinsky@kgb.su> wrote in message
> news:%237TXOlobHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Thwackum wrote:
>>> In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to save
>>> it, put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK. The
>>> dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but
>>> then I can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then Load,
>>> and the flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!
>>>
>>> Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions
>>> for hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control
>>> permission for all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For
>>> some reason, Vista won't let me set Full Control permission for the C
>>> drive or for any part of it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the
>>> problem and how do I get around it?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>> Thwackum
>>>
>>> Vista Ultimate
>>> Core2Duo E6600
>>> 2 GB RAM
>>> 7600GT
>>>
>> I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
>> Try changing the write permissions as the admin.
>
> Thanks for advice! I am the only user so I am the admin. I did try to
> run Windows Explorer as administrator, and found that I could change
> permissions for some folders but not for others. Would anyone happen to
> know the folder where FSX is supposed to put saved flights, or is there
> a configuration setting where I can tell FSX to put them where I want
> them? TIA

They are in C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files

"Feliks Dzerzhinsky" <fdzerzhinsky@kgb.su> wrote in message
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> Thwackum wrote:
>>
>> "Feliks Dzerzhinsky" <fdzerzhinsky@kgb.su> wrote in message
>> news:%237TXOlobHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Thwackum wrote:
>>>> In Flight Simulator X, I hit semicolon in the middle of a flight to
>>>> save
>>>> it, put in a name for a saved flight and a description, then hit OK.
>>>> The
>>>> dialogue windows disappears without an error message of any kind, but
>>>> then I can't locate that flight anywhere. I pick Free Flight, then
>>>> Load,
>>>> and the flight I just saved is not there! Somebody please help!
>>>>
>>>> Does this have anything to do with User Account Control or permissions
>>>> for hard disks? I've turned UAC off, and selected Full Control
>>>> permission for all drives except C, but the problem is still there. For
>>>> some reason, Vista won't let me set Full Control permission for the C
>>>> drive or for any part of it, say, Program Files folder. Is this the
>>>> problem and how do I get around it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>>
>>>> Thwackum
>>>>
>>>> Vista Ultimate
>>>> Core2Duo E6600
>>>> 2 GB RAM
>>>> 7600GT
>>>>
>>> I am going to guess that you installed FSX while using an admin account.
>>> Try changing the write permissions as the admin.
>>
>> Thanks for advice! I am the only user so I am the admin. I did try to
>> run Windows Explorer as administrator, and found that I could change
>> permissions for some folders but not for others. Would anyone happen to
>> know the folder where FSX is supposed to put saved flights, or is there
>> a configuration setting where I can tell FSX to put them where I want
>> them? TIA
>
> They are in C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files

Ok, I think I'm ready to give up because this folder is just not there. I've
read on another forum that sometimes FSX fails to create this folder at
setup for whatever reason. I tried adding this folder manually, but FSX
still does not want to save anything in it.
I even tried reinstalling FSX making sure I run the installer as
administrator. Same effect

>Ok, I think I'm ready to give up because this folder is just not there. I've
>read on another forum that sometimes FSX fails to create this folder at
>setup for whatever reason. I tried adding this folder manually, but FSX
>still does not want to save anything in it.
>I even tried reinstalling FSX making sure I run the installer as
>administrator. Same effect

Where did you install FSX? Try installing it some place else than in
the Program Files folder...

===
All the Best
Katy Pluta, MS MVP for Simulators

It's on a separate physical drive. I guess the next thing I'll try is
actually installing it on a C drive.

"Katy Pluta" <katypluta@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >Ok, I think I'm ready to give up because this folder is just not there.
> >I've
>>read on another forum that sometimes FSX fails to create this folder at
>>setup for whatever reason. I tried adding this folder manually, but FSX
>>still does not want to save anything in it.
>>I even tried reinstalling FSX making sure I run the installer as
>>administrator. Same effect
>
> Where did you install FSX? Try installing it some place else than in
> the Program Files folder...
>
> ===
> All the Best
> Katy Pluta, MS MVP for Simulators