Comments on: Reinstalling the Sim is NOT the Answer https:/2011/12/reinstalling-the-sim-is-not-the-answer/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Richard https:/2011/12/reinstalling-the-sim-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3504 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:17:12 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3830#comment-3504 Well maybe those people who installed extra aircraft, custom scenery and plug-ins will know how to delete them.

But refreshing the settings folder involves a folder not often touched by the basic user.

Maybe that alone would be a good option on the updater.

Otherwise I assume manually deleting the output/preferences folder before updating will reset the opening animation and all settings…?

Actually the following suggests that the program will [re]generate them at any time:

http://wiki.x-plane.com/Deleting_the_Preferences

]]> By: Justin https:/2011/12/reinstalling-the-sim-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3492 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:55:29 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3830#comment-3492 No to both

]]> By: Richard https:/2011/12/reinstalling-the-sim-is-not-the-answer/#comment-3484 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:14:04 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3830#comment-3484 Will the updater replace all your settings files and start you off again with the animated circling / zooming introduction to Seattle Tacoma and the 747?

Will the updater delete all your custom folders?

If not, perhaps these could be options on the updater?

I haven’t done a full reinstall but perhaps the above is what people are trying to achieve…

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