Tips for installing FSX into W10 ?

[ian elliot]

Ive got a new tower with Win10 Home pre-loaded arriving sometime next week, I thought i'd ask about tips for installing FSX Gold. Head off any problems at the pass. The big question for me is Do you install it where Win10 wants you too or do you set up your own directory outside program file's or whatever its called in 10, just like most of us did with Win7.

Another issue for me is installing the SDK's for any future scenery work. In the past, ive had no problems installing these where-ever MS wants them, anyone had any issue's with 10

[Dangerous Beans]

Same as W7 install outside of program files preferably on another drive but thats now essential.

[Naismith]

I found FSX Gold takes forever to install in W10, Disk 1 will sit there pontificating for about 15 minutes seemingly doing nothing but will start eventually. Steam version has no such problems.

There are oodles of YT videos covering the disk version and error codes if you come across any during install.

[Brytskiva]

Newer install Flightsim in Windows ( :C disc ) ... make a New folder in another partition/disc called FSX or someting , and point to that ( some small parts will install in :C

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[stansdds]

Since you are looking at a fresh installation of FSX, there are two things I would suggest.
First, do not install it to the default, C\Program Files (x86) folder. Install it to it's own folder on the hard drive so that Windows security features do not interfere with FSX.
Second, I'd recommend buying and installing FSX: Steam Edition. The Steam version contains a number of fixes and was recompiled for better performance and memory management.

[downwind]

I'll second the recommendation for FSX Steam Edition. Life is much easier with it and it contains utilities for finding and correcting any glitches. I also recommend Steve's DX10 Fixer. It is a major upgrade . My last recommendation is using nvidia inspector....hopefully you are getting an nvidia card.