Interesting problem
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Greetings all,
I fly BMS off my F: Drive and have Windows 7 on my Drive.
I recently wiped and reinstalled windows and now when I attempt to launch BMS I get the "Could not open registry key HKLM\Software\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.33 etc etc error 2 message.
I have the Original Falcon4.exe file on my F: drive
How can I âreconnectâ it to get up and running again?
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Check here
And you need a full install of Falcon 4.0, not just the exe in order to run 4.33
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It seems to me that youâll need to reinstall BMS. When you wiped your drive and reinstalled Windows, you also wiped out the previous registry, which had the information Windows needed to find and run BMS.
Also, as DBond said, youâll need to install the original Falcon 4.0.
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reinstalling is the long way around. the simplest way is to copy the quote underneath and modify it to point to your install directory
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1] "baseDir"="H:\\games\\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1" "curTheater"="Korea KTO" "PilotName"=hex:48,61,6d,6d,65,72,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "PilotCallsign"=hex:48,61,6d,6d,65,72,00,00,00,00,00,00 "initData"=hex:36,36,37,39,33,2f,0f,66,15,35,4c,23,56,24,04,49,28,5b,2f,4a,38,\ 7e,1f,73,10,7f,11,31,58,2b,0b,72,0d,5f,2d,0d,08,08,16,0f,0f,0f,49,28,44,27,\ 48,26,06,6f,1c,3c,45,2a,5f,2d,0d,40,21,52,26,43,31,77,16,7a,19,76,08,0f,66,\ 15,7d,65,67,7f,68,3a,77,16,65,11,74,06,40,21,4d,2e,41,2f,0f,66,15,35,4c,23,\ 56,24,04,49,28,5b,2f,4a,28,49,28,44,6f,61,62,2f,23,22,02,7b,14,61,13,33,7e,\ 1f,6c,18,7d,0f,49,28,44,27,48,26,06,6f,1c,3c,45,2a,5f,2d,1d,77,16,65,59,5d,\ 42,69,6d,73,10,7f,11,31,58,2b,0b,72,1d,68,1a,3a,77,16,65,11,74,06,40,21,4d,\ 2e,41,2f,0f,66,05,02,7b,14,29,3a,77,57,53,52,26,43,31,77,16,7a,19,76,18,38,\ 51,22,02,7b,14,61,13,33,7e,1f,6c,18,7d,0f,49,28,54,10,7f,11,79,71,6f,22,3e,\ 23,56,24,04,49,28,5b,2f,4a,38,7e,1f,73,10,7f,11,31,58,2b,0b,72,1d,68,1a,3a,\ 77,16,75,26,43,31,3f,3f,3e,30,3a,26,06,6f,1c,3c,45,2a,5f,2d,0d,40,21,52,26,\ 43,31,77,16,7a,19,76,18,38,51,22,02,7b,04,56,24,04,01,01,1f,06,06,06,40,21,\ 4d,2e,41,2f,0f,66,15,35,4c,23,56,24,04,49,28,5b,2f,4a,38,7e,1f,73,10,7f,01,\ 06,6f,1c,74,6c,6e,76,61,33,7e,1f,6c,18,7d,0f,49,28,44,27,48,26,06,6f,1c,3c,\ 45,2a,5f,2d,0d,40,21,52,26,43,21,40,21,4d,66,68,6b,26,2a,2b,0b,72,1d,68,1a,\ 3a,77,16,65,11,74,06,40,21,4d,2e,41,2f,0f,66,15,35,4c,23,56,24,14,7e,1f,6c,\ 50,54,4b,60,64,7a,19,76,18,38,51,22,02,7b,14,61,13,33,7e,1f,6c,18,7d,0f,49,\ 28,44,27,48,26,06,6f,0c,0b,72,1d,68,1a,3a,77
modify the basedir line to point towards your installation.
and save this as âbms.regâ and then double click it and allow it to add the information to your registry.ofcourse this is only for bms 4.33.3 which as dbond posted needs falcon4 installed somewhere on your computer. as of 4.33.1, all previous versions are now considered illegal