NZFF

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:55 pm**

put disc in and the installshield wizard opened and started going and came up with the following error:

Error 1324. The path Program Files contains an invalid character

I googled this error and it seems you have to acess the Registry Editor by typing in Regedit into Start-Run but when I do this it says that acess is denied - Help what do I do?????

please help!!

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:02 pm**

Are you using Windows XP?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:03 pm**

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 21 2013,9:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Are you using Windows XP?

Yes 32 bit SP3

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:22 pm**

Are you trying to install it to C:/programs files?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:25 pm**

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 21 2013,9:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Are you trying to install it to C:/programs files?

Yes

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:33 pm**

Windows is very protective of Program files (why I can't recall exact reasons - something about inexperienced users deleting or moving essential files). Quite a few recommend installing FSX on either it's own partition or better still it's own drive, where windows doesn't care what you do with it.

The other thing to try with regedit is make sure you are logged in and opening it with Admin rights...

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:33 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 21 2013,9:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes

Try it again and when it comes to the instal see what path it is going to install in it will be something like C:/Program Files Microsoft Games
can you give me the exact path that it says it is going to install in.

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:34 pm**

zkcav wrote:
QUOTE (zkcav @ Mar 21 2013,9:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Windows is very protective of Program files (why I can't recall exact reasons - something about inexperienced users deleting or moving essential files). Quite a few recommend installing FSX on either it's own partition or better still it's own drive, where windows doesn't care what you do with it.

The other thing to try with regedit is make sure you are logged in and opening it with Admin rights...

how do you install it on its own partition?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:36 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 21 2013,9:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
how do you install it on its own partition?

Have you got a partition set up to install it on?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:37 pm**

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 21 2013,9:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Have you got a partition set up to install it on?

sorry I'm a noob whats that?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:39 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 21 2013,9:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
sorry I'm a noob whats that?

Do you have more than one hard drive on your PC?

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:44 pm**

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 21 2013,9:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you have more than one hard drive on your PC?

No I do have portable ones though

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:46 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 21 2013,9:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No I do have portable ones though

Portable drives are no good for FSX
how big is the hard drive in your PC if you right click on your C drive and go to properties it should tell you there how many GB it is

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:47 pm**

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 21 2013,9:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Portable drives are no good for FSX
how big is the hard drive in your PC if you right click on your C drive and go to properties it should tell you there how many GB it is

Yes Iv just changed it to a 500GB hard drive

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:49 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 21 2013,9:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes Iv just changed it to a 500GB hard drive

sending you a PM

Posted: **Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:15 am**

well I chuffed now for some reason FSX was trying to install its self to a card reader so I unplgged that and now its installing properly!!!

bloody computers they always stuff things up every now and then!

thanks for the help guys

Posted: **Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:18 pm**

Dash8captain wrote:
QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Mar 23 2013,12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
well I chuffed now for some reason FSX was trying to install its self to a card reader so I unplgged that and now its installing properly!!! bloody computers they always stuff things up every now and then!

thanks for the help guys

Good that you have got it installed as I said it pays to check to see what path it is going to install to before hitting the install button

NZFF

Cant install FSX Grrrrrr!