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#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION HOW TO#
#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION INSTALL#
#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION UPDATE#

Find Compatadmin.exe, right-click on it, and choose Run as administrator. (I’m beginning to sense a conspiracy here.) The default location for the Compatibility Administrator is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit\Compatibility Administrator (32-bit). And because of the way the shortcut is created in the Start Menu you can’t right-click on it and choose Run as administrator. The first challenge I ran into is you need to run the Compatibility Administrator as an administrator. And of course, it isn’t quite as simple as the above. So if you’re still reading, I guess you need more detail.

#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION INSTALL#

Install the database containing the application fix.

From the list of compatibility modes, check RunAsInvoker.

Set the program file location to where fsx.exe is located on your computer.

Give the application fix a name of your choice.

You need to the 32-bit version even if your OS is 64-bit because you’re matching the game, not the OS.

Run the Compatibility Administrator (32-bit).

Download and install the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit.

I can now run Flight Simulator as a standard user and not have it ask to run as an administrator. So I did some googling, figured out what that meant, and was eventually able to get that to work.

This thread mentioned using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit to force runAsInvoker which made me curious.

#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION UPDATE#

Not only do I risk corrupting the exe, but an update could undo my change at any time. While I get the concept and have Visual Studio to do it with, it also seemed like potential for problems. So what to do? I found this thread suggesting using Visual Studio to edit the manifest in the exe. I make things too difficult for her already.

#GROUND SERVICES FOR FSX STEAM EDITION HOW TO#

And I’m definitely not going to try to teach my wife how to run Steam as an administrator. And, no, I’m not sharing that password with my son. Yes, the administrator account on that computer has a password. Seriously, Microsoft? I get the game has been around since Windows XP, but did it really need that even then? I have a computer with a shared user account for the family that my son uses for gaming, and I have it locked down pretty tight to reduce the chance of him causing too much damage. And of course, since the game requires Steam, if you’re not already running as an administrator, the game can’t find Steam and refuses to run. To my surprise, every time I tried running the game it insisted on running as an administrator. I recently purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition for my son to play. When prompted for which features to install, all you need to select is the Application Compatibility Tools. The Application Compatibility Toolkit is no longer available, so the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit is now the source for the Compatibility Administrator. Update (January 22nd, 2018): Thanks to Ben for the update for the latest version of Windows 10.