Philn
Thanks for letting us know how you resolved the problem.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Philn" <Philn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B66B66A5-34CD-47A3-8B14-031DE937B81D@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> >>
>>
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