Flight Simulator X MSXML 4 SP2 Problem

I'm having serious problems installing Flight Simulator X on my fully
updated XP Pro SP2 workstation.

Flight Simulator X fails to put SimConnect.cat, SimConnect.dll and
SimConnect.Manifest in the "C:\Windows\WinSxS" and "Manifests" directories,
however searching the web many, many users are having the same problem.
Thankfully, I have now fixed this problem and setup completes successfully.

When I try to run the Flight Simulator X shortcut on my desktop, I now
receive the following message:

"The MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight
Simulator to restore or repair this missing component".

I have tried this and it doesn't help. I have also tried manually running
the "msxml.msi" file on Disk 2, however this makes no difference. Browsing to
my C:\Windows\System32 directory, and viewing properties of the msxml4.dll
file shows version: 4.20.9841.0 so it is definitely installed.

My Windows installation itself is about one month old and all other
applications work correctly. I have also disabled unecessary startup
items/services through msconfig and this also makes no difference. I'd
appreciate if someone could shine some light on this problem, as I am at a
loss as to the root of the problem.

Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Before you install it however, you might want to check
your add-remove programs menu to uninstall any previous
version(s) which may cause or be causing this conflict.

I have already tried this and it didn't fix the problem either. Any other
ideas?

Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:

How to repair Windows XP:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

I am getting the same error message. Did you get your FSX to work? If so,
how? I am running XP Home SP2. I have MSXML 4 SP2 (KB927978), MSXML 4 SP2
Parser and SDK, and MSXML 6 installed.

[mazituBR]

I am brazilian and my english isn't very good, but I will try to explayn the things that have to be made! It's very easy!

1-Download this file:

2-Save it to the game's folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X).

3-There is already a file with this name so delete it before downloading it to the game's folder.

If your problem was not solved, download this file:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...-US/msxml4.EXE and install it.

If you have some questions, just post it here!

I think have helped, Sorry for my English!

[lowrunner]

Will this work with my problem before i start downloading stuff? my simular problem is: I have recently reformatted my computer, my O.S. is XP-PRO, SP3 Corporate Edition w/updates, kaspersky internet security 2009,intel pentiun4 3ghz.
im trying to install a downloaded version of "microsoft Flight Simulator X" (Razor 1911), but near the end i get this message: ("TheMSXML4 SP2 component is not installed,please reinstall Flight Sim. to restor or repair this missing component").
ive tried downloading "MSXML4 SP2" from microsoft but to no avail. i tried downloading
"msxml4.manifest" and putting into folder,tried downloading sp1 update from sim site, but still no luck still get message. have uninstalled and re-installed around 5 times, each time running Ccleaner to clean registry and "reg scrub xp", then defrag system before each install. could someone please give me some directions on how to get this fixed please?
i had no problem when my operating system was only updated with sp2. very frustrated please help.
thanks for your time

ps already previously downloaded both of those files. still dont work. everything on my computer works flawlessly except this.

i had to edit this post again!.. i looked in my windows system32 folder and i show a : msxml4.dll and its version 4.20.9870.0

[FlyByNite]

I just got this working so I'm gonna post what I hope is the definitive solution to the MSXML4 issue.

I tried pasting someone else's msxml4.manifest into a new text file but that didn't work. I'm not sure why but the best solution seems to be:

1. Install and patch as normal. Confirm that you still have the "The MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight Simulator to restore or repair this missing component" error.

2. Locate the msxml4.manifest file and rename it to msxml4.manifest.bak or something like that. If your issue is like mine, this file is over 300k and full of binary junk. The good version should be tiny and have just a few lines of xml.

2. Download and install the FSX demo from Microsoft.

3. Confirm that the demo works fine on your computer.

4. Locate the msxml4.manifest file in your FSX Demo directory. Note that this file is about 1k and opening it up in a text editor shows a few lines of xml.

5. Copy/paste the msxml.manifest file to your full version directory.

6. Click and enjoy.

[yia_tse1]

Hello...after 3 months of searching i think i have the solution for msxml4 and flight simulator x fsx.

First of all you don't have to download anything from microsoft or anywhere and you don't have to change anything about msxml4.manifest...everything you need is on fsx installation dvd...

The problem is that fsx needs the version 4.20.9818 of msxml4.dll which is an old version considering that the game is 2-3 years old...So if you have a newer version of this file e.g. 4.20.9854,4.30.1000...etc and generally every version above 4.20.9818 that's the problem!!!

When you install fsx on your pc,fsx also tries to install the correct version of msxml4.But as soon as you have a newer version of msxml4 nothing is installed...So when you try to run fsx it finds a newer version of msxml4 and gives you the error that msxml4 component is not install...etc which is really installed but not the specific version that fsx needs.

The solution is to locate the file msxml4.dll in your hard disk(c:\windows\system32) and check the version that you have...(if you have problem with fsx i'm sure that you will have a version above 4.20.9818...)

Move this file to your desktop,or just rename it.Go to control panel-add/remove programs and remove msxml4.Then go to the fsx dvd and find and run "msml.msi".Restart your pc and run the game....

If the problem is still there go to c:\windows\system32 and also remove or rename the files msxml4a.dll and msxml4r.dll.Install msxml.msi from fsx dvd again and restart your pc again.Run the game and everything should be ok...The version of these 2 files that i have and the game works is 4.10.9404

That's all....and congratulations to microsoft who made a game that works only with a specific old version of msxml4 and not with newer versions...It is stupid but that's microsoft!!!!

I hope i solve your problem or at least i made you to understand it....

Enjoy the game....

[bob37a]

Thanks. It doesn't work for me.
The only change I have is that I don't have the msxmla.dll - at all. Any idea why don't I have it?