John Veldthuis

It just occurred to me that, since you appear to have the FSX SDK, and if that is the SP1A edition (if not, download and install from FSinsider), then you may be able to effect a repair by simply running the SimConnect.msi file you'll find in the Core Utilities part of the SDK. Regards Pete I tried this as well without any luck. I orginally had both the directories in winsxs but the method in the AS said to delete these, un-installed SP1 and install. I even completely removed the SDK and tried that to no avail. Yes it was extremely hard in vista to delete those files but easy enough in the end. All it needs is for the admin person to take ownership of the folder, then give full rights to yourself. This causes an error but still seems to work. Then simply delete the folders. I might give it one more try with uninstall/install and if that does not work then remove the entire FSX, clean out the registry and any folders I can find and then start again. The repair option did not work in either case. Thanks for the help.

I have just had a look through my PC and can find 4 instances of Simconnect.dll 2 are version 10.0.60905.0 and 2 are 10.0.61355.0 1 of each is in the C:\Windows\assembly directory under folders 1 earlier version is in the SDK managed folder 1 later version is in the c:\windows\winsxs\xxxxx folder Only the last is called Simconnect.dll. The rest are called Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.dll Not sure where the 10.0.61242.0 version is coming from.

I was not involved with beta testing at all. I downloaded the service pack from FSInsider. As I said everything had been working fine until I tried to install Active Sky X on my other PC. I ran the installs over there for AS and the Simconnect.msi on that machine. I then set up the xml and ini file on the server machine and it would not work. Uninstalled the SP and reinstalled it and then boom. Anyway I tried the 4.171 dll and the same results. The logs below. Think I may be looking at a complete re-install. 0.00000 SimConnect version 10.0.61242.0 0.34360 Panels data export found and set to 20A819B8 1.46540 DLL Loaded: Path="Modules\FSUIPC4.dll" Version="4.1.7.1" ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.171 by Pete Dowson ********* User Name="Me" User Addr="MyAddress" FSUIPC4 Key is provided WideFS7 Key is provided Running inside FSX on Windows Vista (SimConnect SP1 May07) Module base=61000000 DebugStatus=255 16 System time = 18:07:08 16 FLT UNC path = "\\TOWER7\C\Users\\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\" 16 FS UNC path = "\\TOWER7\I\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\" 1125 LogOptions=00000001 1125 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities 16188 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 16188 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 31250 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 31250 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 46313 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 46313 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 58891 System time = 18:08:07 58891 *** FSUIPC log file being closed Memory managed: 2 Allocs, 2 Freed ********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

I have been trying to get Active Sky X running on a remote machine through SimConnect as per the instructions but have failed as it keeps saying need SP1. One option given was to remove SP1 and then re-install it which I did but still no luck and I gave up with that. However I notice now that FSUIPC will not work either. I tried reinstalling it and all sorts to no avail. I have done some logs and can only assume something is awry somewhere but I cant find what. The first log is the FSUIPC install log with some path info missing that I took out. Second is the FSUIPC log and lastly the SimConnect long. Hopefully someone can help with me having to completely wipe out my setup as it was humming along nicely. Installer for FSUIPC4.DLL version 4.16 Looking in registry for FSX install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0 Parameter"SetupPath" SetupPath="I:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\" Checking version of FSX.EXE: ... Version 10.0.61355.0 (Need at least 10.0.60905.0) Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect: ... Okay, Probe Manifest matches installed SimConnect 60905 (Original) Found later build SimConnect 61234 (SP1 May07) Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in: I:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL ... Version 4.160 found. FSX Modules folder already exists. Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "I:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL" Looking for the current user's Application Data path: ... found as "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming" Now finding \Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG for all users, including this one Looking in "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming" Found FSX.CFG in "C:\Users\\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. ... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ... ... There is a SimConnect.XML, checking for "local" section. No previous "local" entry found, so adding it now ... ... "local" section of SimConnect.XML written okay Looking in "C:\Users\\Application Data\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Contacts\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Cookies\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Desktop\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Documents\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Downloads\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Favorites\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Links\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Local Settings\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Music\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\My Documents\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\NetHood\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Pictures\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\PrintHood\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Recent\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Saved Games\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Searches\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\SendTo\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Start Menu\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Templates\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Looking in "C:\Users\\Videos\Roaming" No FSX.CFG there Now installing additional files into the Modules folder: Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay Installed "List of FSX controls.pdf" okay All installer tasks completed okay! *************** End of Install Log *************** ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.16 by Pete Dowson ********* User Name="" User Addr="My Address" FSUIPC4 Key is provided WideFS7 Key is provided Running inside FSX on Windows Vista (SimConnect SP1 May07) Module base=61000000 DebugStatus=255 78 System time = 15:23:06 78 FLT UNC path = "\\TOWER7\C\Users\\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\" 78 FS UNC path = "\\TOWER7\I\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\" 1187 LogOptions=00000001 1187 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities 16250 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 16250 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 31312 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 31312 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 46375 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 46375 Could not link to all needed SimConnect facilities [code 0] 56015 System time = 15:24:02 56015 *** FSUIPC log file being closed Memory managed: 2 Allocs, 2 Freed ********* FSUIPC Log file closed *********** *********************************************** SimConnect Log 0.00000 SimConnect version 10.0.61242.0 0.26396 Panels data export found and set to 20A819B8 1.46112 DLL Loaded: Path="Modules\FSUIPC4.dll" Version="4.1.6.0"