Flight Simulator 2002: You Cannot Find the Navigation Charts (312605)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
This article was previously published under Q312605

SYMPTOMS

When you are playing Flight Simulator 2002, and you want to view the Navigation Charts while in flight, there is no way to view the charts.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because the charts cannot be viewed from within Flight Simulator.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Print the Chart

  1. Start Windows Explorer.
  2. Browse to: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\Charts.
  3. Double-click the chart that you want to print.
  4. On the File menu, click Print.

Method 2: View the Chart in a Seperate Window

  1. With Flight Simulator running, start Windows Explorer and browse to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\Charts.
  2. Double-click the chart that you want to view.
  3. Tile the windows so that you can view the chart and Flight Simulator at the same time.

Method 3: Manually Extract Charts

The Compact installation does not install Charts. You have to extract them manually. To do this:

NOTE: These steps assume that you have WinZip installed on your computer. To obtain WinZip, visit the following WinZip Computing Inc. Web site:

http://www.winzip.com

  1. Insert the Flight Simulator into the CD-ROM disk 1. Press and hold down SHIFT as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent the program from starting automatically.
  2. Click Start, and then click Run.
  3. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK:

    cd-rom:\Charts.cab

    where cd-rom is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.
  4. This opens the cab file in either Windows Compressed Folder or a program like WinZip.
  5. Extract the charts (JPEG Files) to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\Charts or another folder.

MORE INFORMATION

The only navigation charts that are included in Flight Simulator are Jeppesen SimCharts sample charts. For information about how to obtain the full Jeppesen product, see the following Jeppesen Web site:

http://www.jeppesenpcpilot.com

Some Flight Simulator 2002 tutorials refer to charts that are not available in the Flight Simulator 2002 directory or in its manual. To view or download these charts, please see the back of the Flight Simulator 2002 manual, or visit the following Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/fs2002/articles_charts.asp

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/7/2006
Keywords:kbConfig kbprb KB312605
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