FS9.1 - Menu bar disappears

[Dirk KSFO]

Pete (or anyone else),

I hope you have an idea what else I should look into. FS9 was running great for months and started showing some strange but fairly reproducible behavior pretty much after I installed the FS9.1 patch and the new FSUIPC3.40.

Typically on final approach, most of the menu bar disappears (only PMDG and Modules are still there). Shortly thereafter (usually after switching views) the system locks up (CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't do anything).

I uninstalled everything and installed the following components from scratch today:

FS9

FS9.1 patch

PMDG NG B737-600/700

FSUIPC3.40 (and I checked the version in the Modules folder)

I flew 10 times from KPHX to KTUS today and the same thing happened 9 out of 10 times. Interestingly, this whole thing stops when I uninstall the FS9.1 patch.

I have a pretty high end computer (AMD FX-53, 1GB memory, ATI X800XT with latest drivers, Windows XP professional with SP2).

Do you have any idea what could cause this? I double checked the installation, checked log files and am running out of ideas.

Thanks

Dirk

[Pete Dowson]

I flew 10 times from KPHX to KTUS today and the same thing happened 9 out of 10 times. Interestingly, this whole thing stops when I uninstall the FS9.1 patch.

The only thing I can think of, then, is that the FS9.1 patch isn't installing correctly. Have you checked the changed FS Modules against the list I published in the FS9.1 announcent at the top of this forum?

Are you flying with the menu on display all of the time? If so, try right-clicking in the main scenery view and checking "hide menu bar". That way FS re-builds the entire menu when you press ALT.

Another thing to eliminate would be the PMDG panel, in case part of that isn't quite compatible with FS9.1, which seems unlikely. But try some flights with another aircraft just in case. My configuation is similar to yours, with the PMDG 737-700, but I don't actually use the panel for serious flights (PM instead).

Alternatively, try just (temporarily) removing the PMDGoptions DLL from the Modules folder. I don't think that stops you using the panels, but it stops the DLL changing the Menu.

Windows XP professional with SP2.

Ah. There's another difference. I've not plucked up enough courage yet to try installing SP2, so my PCs are still SP1. But I can't imagine that would make any difference here.

Regards,

Pete