FSUIPC files on external drive

[luisgordo]

Hi Pete,

 

Hope everything is well.  I am working on a solution for a customer, and we have a question regarding FSUIPC.

 

Can FSUIPC run "remotely", in other words, could I simply have the required FSUIPC files on an external location (i.e. a thumbdrive or similar) without having to alter the Flight Simulator (ESP, Prepar3D, etc.) installation (i.e. without placing any files on the FS installation folder)?

 

The answer is probably not, but there a number of reasons for which this is a concern for the application at hand, and wanted to know if this is feasible or if it could be done some way.

 

Thanks,

Luis Gordo

[Thomas Richter]

Hi Luis,

 

you can do this. Modules folder inside FS is just the easiest and best way to know where evrything of FSUIPC/WideFS is located.

Just edit the DLL.XML file with full path to its location for example:

original:
<Path>Modules\FSUIPC4.dll</Path>

If you for example install the Modules folder (or what ever name to choose) on Z: drive. In this case here I used a LAN Network drive without any trouble.

new:
<Path>Z:\Modules\FSUIPC4.dll</Path>

That works without any problem.

[luisgordo]

Hi Thomas,

 

Thanks for your reply.  Where is the DLL.xml file located?  

 

Thanks

[Thomas Richter]

Hi Luis,

 

Windows 7 for example,

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\DLL.XML

or for LM v2

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\DLL.XML

[luisgordo]

Hi Thomas,

 

Thanks - I finally found it.  I will try this out.

 

Thanks once more.

 

Cheers,

Luis

[luisgordo]

Hi,

 

I was able to locate and modify the reference to FSUIPC4.dll in the DLL.xml file, and moved all the pertinent FSUIPC files in the Modules folder to another location.  However, when running FSX, I get the following error message when accessing the FSUIPC menu:

 

"The FSUIPC4.DLL code signature does not verify!  Please check that the Cryptographic Services are running, or try applying the supplied GLobalSign Root fix.  You'll then need to restart FS."

 

Any hint as to what I need to do to solve this?  My goal is to be able to plug in FSUIPC on a machine with flight simulator installed, and get it to work by simply altering the path in the DLL.xml file.

 

Thanks again

[Pete Dowson]

"The FSUIPC4.DLL code signature does not verify!  Please check that the Cryptographic Services are running, or try applying the supplied GLobalSign Root fix.  You'll then need to restart FS."

 

That must be a very old version of FSUIPC as there has not been a code signature check in FSUIPC for a long time! I cannot support old versions!

 

Pete

[luisgordo]

Indeed, I downloaded the latest FSUIPC version, and problem solved.... thank you.