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Help! FSX not working on Windows 10 101240
This is a mystery to me, so I hope some of you FSX and computer experts can help me understand it and possibly solve it.
I have been running the Windows 10 Technical Preview on my Dell XPS desktop for many months, with no effect on FSX. I have a AMD ATI Radeon graphics card (R9 200).
Two days ago, two things happened: there was a Windows Update to the "final" release (101240, I am on the Fast Ring) and also an update to the Catalyst Manager.(to Subsequently, FSX will only display a black screen in Free Flight mode. The sound works, but there is no display except for a distorted still image of the selected aircraft.
I then uninstalled and re-installed FSX from DVD, but the same problem persists. I rolled back the Radeon driver to no avail.
Desperate, I then installed Steam and purchased FSX Steam Edition. No difference.
Finally I decided to re-install Prepar3D v2.5. It works perfectly.
It seems that this "final" version of Windows 10 only allows DirectX 12 to be installed. And FSX and FSX_SE can only work with DX 10 and 11. Meantime, Prepar3D has been written to work with DX 12 and/or OpenGL.
Any ideas? Has anybody experienced anything similar?
Last edited by jschall; 18 Jul 2015 at 08:43.