OK I think I know what has caused the problem. I put a copy of my fsx.exe file into the P3D folder so I could migrate some FSX addons across to P3D. I forgot to remove the false fsx.exe file before installing the new FSUIPC module. Twit.
I don't have the Estonian migration tool. Yet. Maybe I should get that rather than trying silly stuff myself. I have now removed the false fsx.exe from the P3D folder. Tried again. Same issue. Maybe there's an incorrect registry entry confusing FSUIPC now? FSUIPC works fine in P3D but FSX won't load and crashes to desktop.
Any ideas for a fix? I can see multiple registry entries for FSUIPC most are for HiFi Sim (presumably my ASN installation?)
Below is my install log.
Installer for FSUIPC4.DLL version 4.936 Looking in registry for FSX install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0 Parameter"SetupPath" ... >>> OK! FOUND FSX! <<< ... Looking in registry for ESP install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft ESP\1.0 Parameter"SetupPath" Not there, so looking in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ESP Parameter"AppPath" ... NOT found! ... Looking in registry for Prepar3D install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LockheedMartin\Prepar3D Parameter"SetupPath" Not there, so looking in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Prepar3D Parameter"AppPath" ... NOT found! ... Looking in registry for Prepar3D v2 install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2 Parameter"SetupPath" ... >>> OK! FOUND Prepar3D v2! <<< ... =========================================================== INSTALLATION FOR FSX: SetupPath="E:\FSX\" Checking version of the FSX EXE: ... Version 10.0.61637.0 (Need at least 10.0.60905.0) Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect: Found SimConnect build 60905 (Original) Found SimConnect build 61242 (SP1 May07) Found SimConnect build 61259 (Acc/SP2 Oct07) Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in: E:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL ... No previous valid version found. FSX Modules folder already exists. Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "E:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL" Looking for the current user's Application Data path: ... found as "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming" Now finding \Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG for all users, including this one Looking in "C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming" ... No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming" ... No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming" ... No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\DefaultAppPool\AppData\Roaming" ... No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming" Found FSX.CFG in "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG" Now checking DLL.XML ... ... There is a previous DLL.XML, checking for FSUIPC4 section. ... FSUIPC4 section already exists but will be replaced. (for FSUIPC4, without Loader) ... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ... ... There is a SimConnect.XML, checking for "local" section. ... "local" section already exists, file not modified. Looking in "C:\Users\Public\AppData\Roaming" ... No FSX.CFG there "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder created okay! Now installing additional files into the "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder: Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay Installed "List of FSX and P3D controls.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC Lua Library.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC Lua Plug-Ins.pdf" okay Installed "Lua License.pdf" okay Installed "Lua Plugins for VRInsight Devices.pdf" okay Installed "LuaFileSystem.pdf" okay Installed "Example LUA plugins.zip" okay Installed "ASN WX Radar facilities in FSUIPC4.pdf" okay Installed "Offset Mapping for PMDG 737NGX.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 Offsets Status.pdf" okay =========================================================== INSTALLATION FOR Prepar3D v2: SetupPath="E:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\" Checking version of the Prepar3D v2 EXE: ... Version 2.3.11345.0 (Need at least 1.0.677.0) Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect: Found SimConnect build 60905 (Original) Found SimConnect build 195 (ESP Orig) Found SimConnect build 61242 (SP1 May07) Found SimConnect build 61259 (Acc/SP2 Oct07) Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in: E:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL ... No previous valid version found. Prepar3D v2 Modules folder already exists. Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "E:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL" Looking for the current user's Application Data path: ... found as "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming" Now finding \Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.CFG for all users, including this one Looking in "C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming" ... No Prepar3D.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming" ... No Prepar3D.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming" ... No Prepar3D.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\DefaultAppPool\AppData\Roaming" ... No Prepar3D.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming" Found Prepar3D.CFG in "C:\Users\JFD\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.CFG" Now checking DLL.XML ... ... There is a previous DLL.XML, checking for FSUIPC4 section. ... FSUIPC4 section already exists but will be replaced. (for FSUIPC4, without Loader) ... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ... ... No SimConnect.XML file found. This is okay. Looking in "C:\Users\Public\AppData\Roaming" ... No Prepar3D.CFG there "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder created okay! Now installing the Prepar3D SimConnect interface for FSUIPC4 into the "Modules" folder: Installed "SimConnectP3D2.dll" okay Now installing additional files into the "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder: Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay Installed "List of FSX and P3D controls.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC Lua Library.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC Lua Plug-Ins.pdf" okay Installed "Lua License.pdf" okay Installed "Lua Plugins for VRInsight Devices.pdf" okay Installed "LuaFileSystem.pdf" okay Installed "Example LUA plugins.zip" okay Installed "ASN WX Radar facilities in FSUIPC4.pdf" okay Installed "Offset Mapping for PMDG 737NGX.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 Offsets Status.pdf" okay =========================================================== All installer tasks completed. Registration check for FSUIPC4 was successful! (result code 00) *************** End of Install Log ***************