How to manually uninstall Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight (888846)

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, manually remove Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight from your computer.

Step 1: Remove the folder where Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight is installed

To do this, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

1. Right-click Start, and then click Explore.
2. Click the hard disk where Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight is installed.
3. Double-click the Program Files folder, and then double-click the Microsoft Games folder.
4. Click the Flight Simulator 9 folder.
5. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
6. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the folder and its contents.

Step 2: Remove the folder that has saved game content

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click My Documents.
2. Right-click the Flight Simulator Files folder, if it exists, and then click Delete.
   
   Note If the Flight Simulator Files folder does not exist, close the My Documents window, and then go to step 3.
3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the folder and its contents.
4. Close the My Documents window.

Step 3: Remove the folder that has the Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight program data

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Search.
2. Click All files and folders.
3. In the All or part of the file name box, type FS9.
4. In the Look in list, click My Computer.
5. Click More Advanced Options, and then click Search hidden files and folders.
6. Click Search.
7. Click the FS9 folder.
   
   Note If the folder does not exist, close the Search window, and then go to step 4.
8. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
9. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the folder and its contents.
10. Close the Search window.

Step 4: Remove registry entries for Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight

To do this, follow these steps.

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0

   Note This subkey will appear as a folder that is named 9.0.
3. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
4. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0 key and all its subkeys.
5. If there are no other subkeys under Flight Simulator, click the Flight Simulator key.
6. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
7. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0

   Note This subkey will appear as a folder that is named 9.0.
8. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
9. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0 key and all its subkeys.
10. If there are no other subkeys under Flight Simulator, click the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0 subkey.
11. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
12. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flight Simulator 9.0

    Note This subkey will appear as a folder that is named Flight Simulator 9.0.
13. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
14. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flight Simulator 9.0 key and all its subkeys.

Step 5: Remove the game on the Start menu

To do this, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Games, right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, and then click Delete.

To reinstall Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight

If you want to reinstall Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight, insert the first CD into your CD drive, and then follow the installation instructions.