It even sets up the cones, but nothing more.
That means GSX is working, just the toolbar menu isn't. The usual suggestions:
- Be sure your firewall is off
- Configure the antivirus and add the whole Addon Manager folder to the antivirus Exclusion.
- While most users found enabling Windows 8 compatibility mode for the Couatl executable made it more stable in flight, other user have reported it doesn't work for them so, go into this folder:
\Addon Manager\couatl64
Right click on the Couatl64_MSFS.exe file, select Properties -> Compatibility -> Disable Windows 8 Compatibility.