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>I thought I installed the 9.1 patch, the new bridges are there, but if I
>look up the FS version under the "about" menu it says it is running version
>9.0. Plus, I'm having major performance issues on approach (which is the
>last place I need a slide show) so I tried to reinstall the patch. I run
>the installer and it says "9.1 appears to have been installed already.
>This installation has been cancelled." Well, if it's installed already why
>does it say 9.0 in the sim?? Anyway, my question is is there a way to
>force the patch to re-install?
>
> I don't want to remove the patch then reinstall it because I tried
> unintalling the patch before and all it did was delete my FS .exe file so
> I had to do a complete reinstall of FS, then installed the patch, and
> still have the same problem.
>
> If it matters, my system is a P4 1.5 gig, 1 gig RAM, 18 gig hard drive (3
> gigs free with recent defrag), Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT, Windows XP home w/
> SP2
>
> I'd appreciate any help, thanks a bunch...
>
> -Gary Letona
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> If I remember correctly, the right way to install the 9.1 patch is:
>
> 1 if you use the nocd patch, replace it with the original fs9.exe
> 2 install the 9.1 patch
> 3 make sure you have the nocd patch for fs9.1 and use that one in stead
> of the (patched) fs9.exe
>
> If you don't use the nocd patch someone else might have a better idea
>
> Gerard
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> "Gary L." <noone@123.net> wrote in message
> news:_7WdnecRuIYX93XfRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
>
> First question--did you read the MSFS readme for the 9.1 update? Tells you
> exactly how to install AND uninstall, including deletion of the BACKUP
> folder that was created.
>
> Also talks about having the correct default files in place when installing
> as Gerard mentioned as well as issues that may occur with older dll files
> installed by add-ons that overwrote the default ones.
>
> Paul
>