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:D At last ! it works ! What I did : 1) Uninstalled Mac Afee firewall, and switched into the windows xp firewall 2) Uninstalled Mac Afee Piracy (I think definitely). 3) Left Mac Afee virusscan activated. After those 3 first actions it still didn't apparently work. Then I : 4) Unchecked all the Mac Afee programs within the start menu (via start --> execute-->msconfig-->start menu) 5) Reboot Now FSUIPC well connect and the Addon menu is visible and active, for the very first time . So, thank's again Peter for your precious help, which permitted me to solve this nasty problem. Regards Jc Michel

1) Ok, then first you were right, the FSUIPC4.LOG file actually returns the 0x80004005 error in loop until I quit FSX, which means simconnect doesn't work properly. Here are for information , the first lines of that file : ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.05 by Pete Dowson ********* User Name="" User Addr="" FSUIPC not user registered WIDEFS not user registered, or expired Running inside FSX Module base=61000000 LogOptions=00000001 DebugStatus=0 109 System time = 17:55:25 109 FLT UNC path = "C:\Documents and Settings\Jean-Christophe\Mes documents\Fichiers Flight Simulator X\" 109 FS UNC path = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\" 1453 Failed on SimConnect_Open, return = 0x80004005: FSUIPC4 cannot operate! 11609 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 11719 Failed on SimConnect_Open, return = 0x80004005: FSUIPC4 cannot operate! 16781 **** Retrying SimConnect connection**** 2) I have checked my Mc Afee Security Center and fsx is well fully authorized into the firewall. Are there any other applications which would be in relation with addons.exe files, and that I should check into firewall (as adviced by the suggestion from Microsoft ) ? For example is FSUIPC could be referenced into the internet list of the firewall ?I don't see any clear references about it . 3) If I completly disactivate my Mac Afee security center(Firewall+Virusscan+Privacy service) this doesn't help, so I begin to wonder wether I would not have to uninstall and reinstall the security center as some users did, according to the READ ME document of FSUIPC4 . Thank's Regards Jc Michel

Ok Sir, thank's for your answer, 1)To clarify the first point, I just wanted to say that I never seen any addon menu, even at the first installation of FSUIPC (which was at that time the only installed addon). In fact at the beginning I didn't give attention to that, because I simply did not know that after installation of FSUIPC, one has to get and addon menu within FSX.(I hadn't read enought the doc, so my fault). I realised that it was anormal, when I installed another product (of cloud9), which needed to simconnect and could not. Anyway, now, I have only SFUIPC4.05 installed 2) Here is the message I have into the simconnect diagnostic window : 0.00000 SimConnect version 0x00000002 5.97098 Panels data export found and set to 20A41990 7.49988 DLL loaded : Path = "Modules\FSUIPC4.dll" Version = "4.0.5.0" (And no Addon Menu into FSX) I have to go working this morning , I don't have time to say anymore, but I 'll follow your advices as soon as as can , and tell you the results. Thank's again Regards Jc Michel

Dear Sir :) , Since I have installed FSUIPC 4.0.5 in FSX I have big problems to get Addon menu on the FSX menu. The problem seems to come from a broken simconnect .Let me explain you the historic of the storie : 1) At first, I have been adviced by a forum member of Cloud9 ; He explained me how to fix simconnect by installing simconnect.msi (via FSX DVD 1, and SDK\Core Utilities Kit\...) . I did that. 2) I have also executed IPV6_install.cmd from SDK\Core Utilities Kit\... as well. 3) I made a "simconnect.ini" file that I placed in the Application\data\fsx folder to trace the problem. The file showed that FSUIPC was well loaded, but the fscloud9 addon put the message "Can't init simconnect error". According to the cloud9 member , this would mean that simconnect hadn't replied to the first connection request. 4) As I didn't know what to do again, I finally decided to uninstalle FSX, to cleaned my registery , then to defragmente the disk , and reinstalled fsx (without any macaffee security center active), at last, reinstall FSUIPC4.05 . 5] unfortunately , and after a complete reinstallation, I had to observe the same problem: STILL NO ADDON MENU into FSX ! Would you have any idea for me, because if simconnect stays broken for whatever reason, I will never be able to to use any future FSX af addon. By example the ASV6 (weather engine) don't work because it needs a valid simconnect and so on... I am unable to say wether it could be a microsoft problem (fsx or windows xp ?), or else . Thank's for help please. Regards Jc MIchel