FSX-SE question

[dhasdell]

Since my last minor disaster, FSX-SE refuses to run unless I fire up Steam first. Previously it would run from a desktop icon, loading Steam along the way. It's not the end of the world, but is there a way to get it back to starting up directly?

[Daube]

Could it be that your Steam doesn't start automatically on Windows start ?
When I start my computer, and I reach the Windows desktop, Steam doesn't appear on the screen, but it appears in the task manager. It did start automatically. And if I remember correctly, this is an option somewhere in Steam.
I think that in the past, your Steam was also starting automatically, running in the background, and appearing on the screen only when you launched FSX-SE.

[dhasdell]

Thanks Daube. I wondered about that, too, but I don't think that's it because my IL-2 Cliffs of Dover still works from the desktop icon, starting Steam as it loads. I've checked that Steam isn't already running from some previous activity, and it isn't.

[scotth6]

Hi,

I'm not sure, as I haven't tried, but you could try deleting the shortcut that is there and creating a new one via Steam:

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Cheers,

[dhasdell]

Thank you scotth6. I'm sure I never did that before, but I've done it now and it works

[NOSNILMOT]

While on the subject of FSX Steam Edition, am I right in saying that addons bought for FSX-SE through Steam cannot be used in a conventional FSX set up ?

[fsafranek]

While on the subject of FSX Steam Edition, am I right in saying that addons bought for FSX-SE through Steam cannot be used in a conventional FSX set up ?

That would appear to be the case, at least with aircraft. They apparently cannot be run in FSX or P3D, nor viewed in ModelConverterX. When installed they go into a "DLC" folder as well.

[Naismith]

Anyone know why the SE on my system at least ran like a slideshow yet FSXA was just fine & dandy on W10. I reverted back to W7 64. Tried it twice over the space of weeks same outcome.

System I5 4960 Oclocked to 3.50GHz, 32Gb DDR3 RAM GTX 6690,

[BrittMac]

Naismith, no clue. Have you totally wiped FSX from your system before you installed SE? I did a fair bit of work before installing SE, and still had a couple issues installing a couple planes (though not all).
SE should realistically run better on your system than FSXA did. It does on mine, and I have a decently healthy system (32gigs, i7, etc).