Ok..all I had to do if go to the original Notepad icon and right click to
"run as administrator." It then opened Notepad and I searched for the file
and was able to successfully edit it. Thank you all for your help! :-)

Phil

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Phil
>
> Yes. please let us know. It's important to document these issues for others
> who may be having the same problems.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Philn" <Philn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3FF8C701-FEEA-41CD-92F1-CB5E6D83905A@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> >>
>