Page 10 - September 2019

The Easy & Simple Way

1. Copy & Paste your complete Flight Sim folder
onto a portable hard drive. You can also just
Copy & Paste the folder into C:\

2. Rename the newly copied folder to Flight
Simulator SE (for example)
How to Create Multiple Installs of FS2004
By Robin Meyerowitz 3. Rename the fs9.exe to fs9se.exe (for example)

Can I have more than a single FS2004 install? 4. You now have a backup of your original sim
Of course you can; as many as you like. In fact, I have a 5. Copy & paste your newly renamed Flight
few FS2004 separate installs myself. I have 'Golden Simulator SE folder into C:\
Wings', FS Alaska, FS Vintage (pre WWI), FS History 6. Open the Folder & right-click the fs9se.exe &
(WWII & misc), and of course, my Ford Tri-Motor install.
'send to desktop -create shortcut)'
Note that this is for Windows 10 and is very easy and
simple to do: If things don't work as expected:

Tools Right-click the desktop icon & select 'Properties'
'Everything' from https://www.voidtools.com/ 1. Select the 'Compatibility' tab, tick 'Compatibility mode,

This is, by far, the quickest desktop search engine. 2. Pull down the menu & select 'Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

'Teracopy' from https://www.codesector.com/teracopy 3. Tick 'Run this program as an administrator'
The fastest copy utility I have found, and it replaces the 4. Click 'Apply' then 'OK'
default Windows search. 5. Double-click (Run)

Essentials:
A fully working version of FS2004, installed in C:\ 7. Double-click (Run) that new shortcut

For FS2004 to work in Windows 10, it MUST be installed
It should work!
in C:\ and NOT in C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft

Games
You can then delete whatever scenery &
If your FS2004 is still installed in in C:\Program aircraft that is not required in your new sim.
Files(x86)\Microsoft Games, copy the whole FS2004
folder from Microsoft Games & paste the folder directly DO NOT DELETE ANY DEFAULT AIRCRAFT or
into C:\, and run it from there. Don’t forget to send a SCENERY.
shortcut of the FS9.exe shortcut to the desktop and to
8. I you want to do a 'Ford Tri-Motor' install (for
delete the old shortcut.
example), as I have, just rename the Flight
Simulator SE main folder to Ford Tr-Motor
Project and the fs9se.exe to fs9ford.exe.

Right-click and send that to the desktop. You can then delete
the fs9se desktop icon & rename the fs9ford icon to 'Ford
Trimotor Project'.

So, if you have a second or third FS2004 install, you just follow
steps from 5-8.