The website and forum will be intermittently unavailable while we're making some security updates.
File uploads to the download hangar are also disabled until further notice.

Troubles with Sceneries installation

Use this forum to discuss technical issues related to the operation of your computer. Graphics, Hardward, Software, settings, etc.
Post Reply
TheFoufure
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 2162
Joined: 06 Mar 2011, 16:48
Version: FS9
Location: Belgium

Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by TheFoufure »

Hello,


I've downloaded some FS2004 sceneries from http://www.sanalpilot.com/forum/.

These sceneries are for Turkey.

Some of thems are just compressed files, so no problem to install them.

Other are EXECUTABLE files. I decompress the RAR contening the executalbe in a temp directory. When I run the executale, nothing happend... I trie with 3 or 4 diffrents scenery from http://www.sanalpilot.com/forum/ and it's the same. I use Win 7 64 bits. Is it the source of the problem because I'm in 64 bits environment ?

Thanks to all of you that can help me.

Regards
Last edited by TheFoufure on 20 Dec 2015, 10:07, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Greg
MAIW Admin
MAIW Admin
Posts: 4043
Joined: 12 Aug 2006, 19:56
Version: MSFS
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by Greg »

First thing that comes to mind: did you try running the executable as administrator?
TheFoufure
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 2162
Joined: 06 Mar 2011, 16:48
Version: FS9
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by TheFoufure »

Hello, Yes, I've tried... nothing happend... :-(
TheFoufure
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 2162
Joined: 06 Mar 2011, 16:48
Version: FS9
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by TheFoufure »

I also have this trouble with this scenery from avsm (an Turkish scenery too)

LTBI scenery
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=150450
User avatar
Greg
MAIW Admin
MAIW Admin
Posts: 4043
Joined: 12 Aug 2006, 19:56
Version: MSFS
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by Greg »

I'm on Windows 10 x64. Tried that last scenery, unzipped the exe to my desktop, ran as administrator and it launches just fine.

Have you tried unzipping it to another folder (never use any of the "Program Files" folders for this as Windows protects them)? Switched of your virus scanner? Just thinking out loud...
TheFoufure
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 2162
Joined: 06 Mar 2011, 16:48
Version: FS9
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by TheFoufure »

Thanks a lot Greg.

You've right ! It's my AntiVirus Avast who blocked the installation file.

Thanks for the help.

You can now lock this topic (or delete it).
User avatar
Greg
MAIW Admin
MAIW Admin
Posts: 4043
Joined: 12 Aug 2006, 19:56
Version: MSFS
Location: Belgium

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by Greg »

Avec plaisir. ;)

No need to lock or delete this. Others my run into a similar issue.
mikewmac
MAIW Veteran
MAIW Veteran
Posts: 1787
Joined: 12 Aug 2006, 10:06
Version: P3D
Location: KBTV - Vermont

Re: Troubles with Sceneries installation

Post by mikewmac »

Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, depending on how you look at it, both Google Chrome and Avast are getting much more aggressive in blocking the download, installation and/or execution of some files, especially .exe ones. :(

Recently I even had a false positive infection blockage by Avast of an updated Google chrome.exe file. Go figure! :lol:
    Mike M.
    Post Reply