Phil

Did you turn UAC (User Account Control) off in Vista?

The C:\Program Files is a restricted area in Vista. If there is a program
configuration file that the program updates, there should be a mirror copy
of the file in the C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Progr am
Files folder. This is called Virtualization in Vista and this is tightly
integrated with the UAC mode.

You can do one of 2 things that should resolve the problem.

1. Turn UAC on.

2. Point the FSX program to the copy of the FSX configuration file in the
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Progr am Files folder and
perform the editing there.

Let us know what you find.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Philn" <Philn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF13D889-7A97-46BB-8C6E-2A00B5D86857@microsoft.com...
> Ok....I just got a new system with Vista. I have always been able to edit
> config files within Microsoft FLight Sim without any problem using
> notepad.
> Now i try to edit these files in FSX and I get this error message:
>
> "Cannot create the c:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight
> SImulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Airbus_A321\Panel\Panel.cfg file." "Make
> sure that the path and file name are correct."
>
> This is very frustrating, because I have double checked and doubled
> checked
> that the path and file name are correct. Can anyone tell me why this is
> doing that or maybe direct me to where I can get help on this??
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Phil