Flight Simulator Not Starting?
I was playing Flight Simulator X last night, flying a 747 from Marana, AZ to Salt Lake City, UT. In the middle of the flight, I had to go do something else, so I ended the flight and returned to the main menu screen. Before closing the program, I wanted to check my logbook (FSX automatically logs your flights for you). When I tried to go to that page, FSX froze and I could not get back into it. So, I went into task manager and forced the process to exit. I didn’t think much more about it until I tried to open the game again today and found that the splash screen would come up, but that the startup would freeze at that point still taking up all the CPU.
After putting the install DVD in and running the repair option didn’t work, I was resigned to the fact that I would need to delete and re-install it. However, I came across this wonderful bit of advice on the Fly Away Forums. As it turns out my logbook had somehow gotten corrupted, and removing the file allowed FSX to startup normally and generate a new file.
So if you’re having a similar problem, first try removing or renaming your Logbook.BIN file, it just might work. It did for me!
