Help needed with EXE.xml

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There has been a lot written in the past about EXE.xml and it’s known little problems.
I had difficulties getting to run successfully in the past but it had been ok for some months until two days ago when I installed GSX Pro.
It worked initially after the install and and then just stopped. With none of my applications launching at all. I am now having to start everything manually after MSFS starts.

Here is my EXE.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr>
  <Filename>EXE.xml</Filename>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>FS2Crew Command Center</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\FS2Crew Command Center\FS2CrewCommandCenter.exe</Path>
    <CommandLine>
    </CommandLine>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>FenixA320</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Program Files\FenixSim A320\deps\FenixBootstrapper.exe</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Name>FSUIPC7</Name>
    <Path>C:\FSUIPC7\FSUIPC7.exe</Path>
    <CommandLine>-auto</CommandLine>
    <NewConsole>False</NewConsole>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>noolaero-module-vdgs</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\noolaero-module-vdgs\Binaries\vdgs-util.exe</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>Couatl</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_MSFS.exe</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>

Can anyone see anything wrong with it or have any other suggestions.
I’ve done the obvious like runninfg sfc /scannow.
Thanks any help would be appreciated

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Could you put the file between ``` tags? It will parse the XML

From what I can see your file does make sense from an XML perspective.

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Sorry I don’t understand. That is a direct copy and paste of my EXE.xml

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I’ve taken the liberty to do it for you :slight_smile:

Now it actually shows all text in the forum post.

5

Thank you now I understand

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Try changing the encoding to UTF-8 instead of Windows-1252. UTF-8 is the standard for xml because it is more portable and can handle all languages. Also, UTF-8 is described in the MSFS SDK documentation as required. MSFS SDK documentation

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Thanks for the suggestion I’ll give it a try tomorrow.

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@Sellie6131 … and has your attempt resulted in any positive outcome?
Just realised in MSFS2024, none of my addons in the exe.xml starts either.

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Post your exe.xml so we can have a look at it.

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I’d completely forgotten about the problems I had with the EXE as it was for 2020 and some years ago. I’ve not experienced any problems with 2024.

If you post your EXE here as Tranquility Sea suggests then maybe one of us might be able to make suggestions to possibly help.