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Q176364: FS2000: Hangs When "Building Database for New Scenery" Displayed

Article: Q176364
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbui fs98 kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start Flight Simulator 98 or Flight Simulator 2000 for the first time,
the computer may appear to stop responding (hang) when the following message is
displayed:

  Building database for new scenery files. This process may take a few minutes.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because Microsoft Flight Simulator builds a database of
installed scenery files when you start the program for the first time.

Depending on the speed of your computer, this process may take as long as to
several minutes to complete, during which time the computer may seem to stop
responding.

MORE INFORMATION
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The next time that you start Flight Simulator, the program takes much less time
to load the scenery files.

Additional query words: fltsim fs98 fs2000 fs2k data base startup hangs freeze lock

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbui fs98 kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbFlightSim98 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbinfo

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