Flight Simulator X MSXML 4 SP2 Problem

Mike · External Since: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 398

Dear Support,

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.

TIA

Michael

Jimmy S. · External Since: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 1821

Hi Mike,

Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2...da-b4b6

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.

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Mike Wrote:
=================
| Dear Support,
|
| 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.
|
| TIA
|
| Michael

Mike · External Since: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 398

Thanks for the reply Jimmy.

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

Thanks!

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2...da-b4b6
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Mike Wrote:
> =================
> | Dear Support,
> |
> | 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.
> |
> | TIA
> |
> | Michael
>
>
>

Jimmy S. · External Since: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 1821

Hi Mike,

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: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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

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_________________________________________________________

Mike Wrote:
=================
| Thanks for the reply Jimmy.
|
| I have already tried this and it didn't fix the problem either. Any other
| ideas?
|
| Thanks!
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Mike,
||
|| Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2...da-b4b6
||
|| 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.
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Mike Wrote:
|| =================
||| Dear Support,
|||
||| 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.
|||
||| TIA
|||
||| Michael

david knapp · External Since: May 15, 2007 Posts: 1

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.

lowrunner · Joined: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 3

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 everything on my computer works flawlessly except this.
i also looked in my windows system32 folder and i show a : msxml4.dll and its version 4.20.9870.0

lowrunner · External Since: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 1

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.

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lowrunner · Joined: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 3

sorry for the double post

Hellvetis · Joined: Jun 03, 2009 Posts: 1

Go to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X" folder, then open "msxml4.manifest" with notepad. Select all and erase ( file is bugged ).

Replace the content with:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-Microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.MSXML2' version='4.20.9818.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='6bd6b9abf345378f' />
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.MSXML2R' version='4.1.0.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='6bd6b9abf345378f' />
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

Save, thank me and play!

FlyByNite · External Since: Jun 15, 2009 Posts: 1

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.

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lowrunner · Joined: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 3

that did not work!!!. when i downloaded the demo version at the end of installation it also said the same thing. i looked at the "msxl14 file and its the same size as the full version (608 bytes). now what?

yia_tse1 · External Since: Aug 17, 2009 Posts: 1

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....

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bob37a · External Since: Oct 06, 2009 Posts: 1

yia_tse1;4572389 Wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> Enjoy the game....

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?

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edgarcoool · External Since: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 1

All tried all day reading and searching.. Final i got this.

the real problem is in Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services
4.0 SP2

you have to download the update " msxml4-KB925672-enu "

Thats all... Enjoy

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=961f3c95-ec4...561-ab2

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