After doing all the steps suggested in the Forum (reinstall, Installing the newest Addon Manager, Installing with real time protection switched off) I noticed that I have no Couatl Menu bar but I can see the Addon Manager.
If you are missing only the Couatl menu, either it hasn't started at all, and this is almost invariably caused by the antivirus OR it has crashed/quit after starting, which it's usually because you have some outdated files. Sometimes, the two are exactly the same: you are outdated files, because the antivirus is blocking the installation of the new ones.
So, first check for the possible antivirus problem, this way:
- Uninstall the scenery. Reply YES when asked if you want to remove the Addon Manager and the Couatl Engine. Reply YES to both questions.
- TURN OFF your antivirus. Don't just exit from its interface, but turn off the real time protection. Actual wording changes between products, however, it's the option to scan every file that gets open in real time, without user intervention.
- Reinstall the sceneries with the Antivirus TURNED OFF. Don't launch FSX yet.
- Configure the antivirus to exclude the following files from scanning:
YourFSXFolder\bglmanx.dll
YourFSXFolder\fsdreamteam\Couatl\couatl.exe
YourFSXFolder it's usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X, if you installed it in the default folder.
- Now you can turn the antivirus back on, and launch FSX.
- Check you are seeing BOTH the "Addon Manager" menu AND the "Couatl powered products" menu under the "Addons" menu
If you are absolutely sure you did all of this, without skipping any steps, and still the Couatl menu doesn't come up, try if you have a Couatl error log in the following folder:
%APPDATA%\Virtuali
If you have a Couatl.ERR file in that folder, post its content here.
