As explained, countless of other times already, the first thing to check is if you have BOTH the Addon Manager menu and the Couatl menus. If you don't have both, the most common cause is a faulty antivirus program, which has mistakenly detected the modules as threats, blocking their execution.
- DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL with the antivirus entirely OFF
- 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 scenery 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 missing ONLY the ground textures, install the Stand-Alone Addon Manager for FSX AFTER the scenery.
