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Need help with FSX SDK ObjPlacement Tool

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I can't seem to get my SDK Object Placement Tool to run. I've downloaded the tutorial on how to get it installed and activated, but no joy.

I have FSX Deluxe, w/SP1, and I've installed SP1a for the SDK. I'm also running this on Vista PHE32, if that might make a difference.

I've edited the dll.xml to set the disabled tag to "False", which should have activated it.

The only other thing that I can think of is that I did not install the SDK into the default location, but rather to C:\FSX-SDK. Because of this, I also changed the PATH tag in the .xml file.

I'm fresh out of ideas... ???
 

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The path is relative to FSX, so this assumes that your FSX folder is in the root C: drive.
Perhaps if you made the path non-relative -- c:\FSX-SDK
 
Thanks. But, yes, both my FSX and FSX-SDK are at the root, so the relative path should work just fine. I had also tried a hard mapping to c:\FSX-SDK\... but that didn't work, either.

Still stumped.
 
Hmmm... still nothing. :confused:

I got rid of the FSCopilot add-on. I also changed the other two tools to disabled=false, per the wiki (I was only trying to turn on the object placer previously). I have tripple-checked that the path is exactly right.

Here is my complete .dll :
Code: 
y<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
    <Descr>Launch</Descr>
    <Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
        <Disabled>False</Disabled>
        <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
        <Path>c:\FSX-SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\Object_Placement.dll</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
        <Disabled>False</Disabled>
        <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
        <Path>c:\FSX-SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
    <Launch.Addon>
        <Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
        <Disabled>False</Disabled>
        <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
        <Path>c:\FSX-SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll</Path>
    </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
 
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FWIW... I also went in to the three individual SDKs and modified the "mini" dll.xml file, to set the correct path in each of those as well.
 
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