Thank you all for your help. I will try this tonight and let you know how it
goes.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> 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
>