I was getting the launch program and crash with error report just like a whole bunch of others and a post a few days ago mentioned the com ports (serial ports) need to be present. I have the E-Sky USB controller with the bundled FMS and it doesn't need a serial/com port to connect, but the program still needs one active to run !
I went into the BIOS and enabled my serial port 1 (Com1) and FMS loads and works great !
So those of you with laptops or non-legacy mobos (read almost ALL new mobos) that have no serial ports are out of luck unless this can be fixed.
Steveo
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