Microsoft(r) Flight Simulator(tm) Setup Patch Instructions
September 1997
(c) Copyright 1997 Microsoft Corporation.

What This Patch Is For:
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An error has been identified in the setup program for Microsoft Flight 
Simulator 98. This error results in an erroneous message being generated by 
SETUP.EXE to the effect that 4096MB of free space is required on your C: 
drive in order to properly set up the application.  In reality, nowhere 
near this much space is actually required.

This error occurs most commonly on hard drives which are partitioned,
compressed, or larger than 2GB total.

If you have experienced this problem and are not able to successfully setup
Microsoft Flight Simulator, this patch should alleviate your problem. 

This package also contains an update to the DirectPlay system components. If
you are experiencing difficulties with the Multiplayer options in Flight
Simulator 98, or are having difficulties with the Zone connections, this
patch may also help you.


Using the corrected SETUP:
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1. Place the extracted files SETUP.EXE, SETUPENU.DLL and DPLAY50A.EXE
in any convenient location on your hard drive which does not already 
contain a file named SETUP.EXE, such as the Windows desktop. Normally,
the self-extraction tool places these files on your Windows desktop.
If your Windows directory is something other than "C:\WINDOWS", then you
will find the extracted files in C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP

2. Place your original Flight Simulator 98 CD in your CD-ROM drive. If
the setup application begins automatically, CHOOSE THE "Exit" BUTTON.
(This is the original flawed setup.)

3. Using the "Run..." command on the Windows 95 Start Menu, enter the 
following command line:

C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\SETUP /PATCH:<your cd-rom drive letter>

For example, if your Flight Simulator 98 CD-ROM is in drive F:, you
would enter:

C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\SETUP /PATCH:F:

Note: If you extracted SETUP.EXE to a location other than
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP, replace "C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP" with the path to the 
appropriate location.

4. At this point, SETUP should run correctly and will copy the necessary 
files from your original CD-ROM.  Once setup completes successfully, you may 
remove the patched files from your hard drive, although we recommend 
retaining it in a safe location in the event that you need to re-setup 
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 again at some point in the future.

5. If you still encounter any sort of problem with incorrect disk space 
calculations, Setup can also be run with a "/FORCE" flag in addition to 
the "/PATCH:" flag listed in step 3, to force setup to ignore drive space 
requirements. Note that if you do not have enough space for the setup 
options you select, this will result in an incomplete and aborted install.

6.  To install the DirectPlay 5.0a components, simply double 
click on the DPLAY50A.EXE file.