FSUIPC Installation Issue - Flight Simulator 2004

[shelton340]

I purchased the FSUIPC registration key today and registered the program in FS9. When I go into FS9, it tells me that it is registered. In the modules folder in the FS9 there is FSUIPC.DLL file.

When I try to use RealATIS1.4 program I get a message stating that the FSUIPC.KEY file is not found and to check if the FSUIPC.DLL is registered. I cannot locate FSUIPC.KEY or FSUIPC.INI files on my PC at all.

[Pete Dowson]

I purchased the FSUIPC registration key today and registered the program in FS9. When I go into FS9, it tells me that it is registered. In the modules folder in the FS9 there is FSUIPC.DLL file.

And, if you have run FS9 and registered, there must be three other FSUIPC files there too:

FSUIPC.LOG

FSUIPC.INI

FSUIPC.KEY

These three files are generated for you. The INI and LOG files are re-written every time you run FS with FSUIPC installed.

When I try to use RealATIS1.4 program I get a message stating that the FSUIPC.KEY file is not found

I do not know this "RealATIS" program, and I cannot imagine what it is doing looking for the FSUIPC.KEY file.

I cannot locate FSUIPC.KEY or FSUIPC.INI files on my PC at all.

Are you using Vista by any chance? If so it is likely you are not looking at the real FS Modules folder, but at an alias. Vista plays some funny tricks with programs like FS2004 which are marked as "legacy" programs (non-Vista compatible, effectively). These aliases deal with the problems of programs, written to run perfectly under Windows XP or before, which actually have the cheek to try to write to their own folders! Under Vista ALL folders in "Program Files" are read-only except for Installers unless you are an Administrator with elevated privileges.

It sounds like this RealAir program is also not truly Vista-aware and is looking in the aliased Modules folder not the real one, though how you do get to the real one I've no idea. Maybe someone who knows Vista will help.

Personally, what I would do if I were you, to avoid this problem and probably many more in the future, is un-install FS2004 and re-install it someplace else, like C:\FS9, or even on another drive. Avoid the default "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator" folder install like the plague.

If you aren't using Vista I'd need more information to help. In either case please make sure you are using the latest supported version of FSUIPC (3.75 or later).

Regards

Pete