MSTS Editrs And Tools

johncas · Post by **johncas** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:39 pm

My pc crashed I had to re-install windows but my msts is on my external hrd drive so I did not loose it but I lost my shortcut icons on my desktop and start bar for msts so I cant start msts route editor and activity editor and the other tools is there any way to start up the editors and tools without having the shortcut icons there there dose not seem to be an icon for the editors and tools in the msts folder on my E:\ drive so I cant start them up from there.

choccy · Post by **choccy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:40 pm

"e:\program files\microsoft games\Train Simulator\launcher.exe" -runeditor

The above could be the shortcut you need but it depends precisely where you have installed train simulator.

It's almost certainly right from Train Simulator onwards.

Mark

johncas · Post by **johncas** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:11 pm

Wont work my trainsim has always been installed in the E:\Drive I have created a shortcut but wont work is there anyway else to start route editor and activity editor

gswindale · Post by **gswindale** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:02 am

Can you actually load MSTS to play the game from a shortcut on the desktop? If so, simply copy that shortcut and amend it to read -runeditor at the end instead of -rungame
i.e: e:\program files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\launcher.exe -runeditor
instead of
e:\program files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\launcher.exe -rungame.

johnmnstl · Post by **johnmnstl** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:27 am

If you've re-installed windows there may be no registry entries for MSTS have a look in your registry if theres nohing there just reinstall msts to your E: drive to place the entries in the registry

Cheers

John

johny · Post by **johny** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:54 am

If Windows has been reinstalled there are no registry entries for any programs previously loaded on any other drive than C:/. You must therefore reinstall those programs, automatically overwriting them as you do so. In the case of MSTS, place a copy in a temporary folder, reinstall, and then copy to the new install all those modified folders such as GUI and Global, this preserves such things as Xtracks and transparent track monitors.

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jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:28 am

Hi
If you make the following shortcut, it'll work without reg entries

"Driveletter:\folder\folder\Train Simulator\train.exe" -toolset

Obviously putting in the correct path to where your train.exe actually exists.

This way you can multiple train.exe instalations, without having to keep altering the registry.

Cheers
Jon

johncas · Post by **johncas** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:12 pm

That one works your a star jbilton