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| * ''/dataDirectory={path}''((This command line parameter only works with the commercial license of FS-FlightControl.)): Allows specifying a custom data directory. Please carefully read the additional information about this parameter [[other:command-line-parameters#custom_data_directory|below]] first. | * ''/dataDirectory={path}''((This command line parameter only works with the commercial license of FS-FlightControl.)): Allows specifying a custom data directory. Please carefully read the additional information about this parameter [[other:command-line-parameters#custom_data_directory|below]] first. | ||
| * ''/doNotSaveSettings''((This command line parameter only works with the commercial license of FS-FlightControl.)): If used settings can be changed by the user, but changes will be discarded on program close. | * ''/doNotSaveSettings''((This command line parameter only works with the commercial license of FS-FlightControl.)): If used settings can be changed by the user, but changes will be discarded on program close. | ||
| + | * ''/useSimulator={simulator_name}'': Start FS-FlightControl with a specific simulator by specifying its name here (surrounding quotes may be used if name contains spaces). | ||
| * ''/suppressFontScalingWarning'': If font scaling is enabled on Windows 7 or older an incompatibility warning is displayed on every program start. To suppress this warning at own risk you can use this command line parameter. | * ''/suppressFontScalingWarning'': If font scaling is enabled on Windows 7 or older an incompatibility warning is displayed on every program start. To suppress this warning at own risk you can use this command line parameter. | ||
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| - Add the (new) command line parameter ''/dataDirectory'' with the desired ''{path}'' to the application shortcut. | - Add the (new) command line parameter ''/dataDirectory'' with the desired ''{path}'' to the application shortcut. | ||
| - Ensure that navigation data is present in the ''{path}\NavData'' sub directory: You can either copy this ''NavData'' directory from the default FS-FlightControl data directory (normally ''C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\FS-FlightControl\NavData'') or just use a fresh navigation data copy from Navigraph or NavDataPro. | - Ensure that navigation data is present in the ''{path}\NavData'' sub directory: You can either copy this ''NavData'' directory from the default FS-FlightControl data directory (normally ''C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\FS-FlightControl\NavData'') or just use a fresh navigation data copy from Navigraph or NavDataPro. | ||
| - | - Start FS-FlightControl now using that shortcut and make sure to use a commercial license during the license activation. | + | - Start FS-FlightControl now using that shortcut and make sure to use a commercial license during license activation. |
| :i: Note: Every parallel instance of FS-FlightControl has to be started with a different custom data directory. | :i: Note: Every parallel instance of FS-FlightControl has to be started with a different custom data directory. | ||
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| + | The same application executable ''FS-FlightControl.exe'' can be started multiple times. So while the custom data directory needs to be different for every instance, the application itself only has to be installed once on the same computer. | ||