Question about Reinstalling FSX

[falcon409]

FSX is giving me problems and I have no idea what the source of those might be. I have major pauses and stutters in the Sim just sitting at a parking spot where I am unable to do anything until the Sim fixes itself. It also has this weird thing it does now when I close out the Sim. If I decide to go back into FSX at some point (5 mins later, 30 mins or an hour later) I get a message that FSX is already running. When I check, it's actualy been moved to "Background Process" "Suspended". So rather than actually shutting down as it has always done in the past. . .it now has this new trick it likes to play, lol.

I have decided to do a clean install on my "D" drive, which is larger and has very little on it since I did away with P3D and X-Plane. Can I leave the installation that's on the "E" drive intact and do a fresh install on the "D" drive or will it recognize the current installation and make me uninstall that one first. My thought was that by doing that I could simply move the airplanes, gauges, etc. over and then uninstall the old version once I have what I need. Suggestions?

On a side note, in looking through Task Manager I have 56 Background Processes running and 86 Windows Processes running (most of those are the ones labeled "Service Host"). Seems like a ridiculous amount of stuff running in the background. I have no idea what most of it is or does so I have refrained from just arbitrarily shutting those off.

[Priller]

Hi Ed,

You might want to refrain from reinstalling, but start looking at those processes carefully. They are a bit on the high side.

I can't look at your pc so it is a bit difficult to do a good diagnose, but look at the processes and services. Looking at the task manager (advanced view) will also tell you what is eating CPU, GPU and memory.

It might be helpful to post some screenshots of the a.m. things.

Cheers,

Priller

[arfyhun]

Greetings.

The voting for Dereham in Norfolk is;

Background; 67

Windows processes; 93.

I just wish I knew more about these numbers and why!

Sorry I can't help any more.

Regards, Graham.

[WarHorse47]

Falcon, do you have a virus protection software running in the background??

That might be causing the stutters and interrupts if its continually scanning any HD activity.

[mal998]

Falcon, doing a clean install on a second drive should not cause any problems what so ever. Once that install is complete you can simply copy and paste whatever files you need from the old sim to the new. i.e. airplanes etc. Currently I have P3Dv3 running on "B" drive, FSX running on "E" drive and Steam running on "H" drive.

[stansdds]

If FSX was running well, then suddenly it develops problems, I'd look at what has been recently installed or updated. Also, anti-virus/anti-malware programs can interfere with FSX. Most anti-virus/anti-malware programs allow the user to select files, folders, or drives to ignore.