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We are talking window 7 running in 64 bit..I also just found out hyper lobby will not install as well...just locks up...I litteraly had to install IL2 in a seprate folder then move everything back into program files (x86)..whatamess

This is really odd... I wonder what's different about your Win7 install(?) I'm in win7/64 now, with 2 copies of IL-2 installed without any problems, in the default prog.86 folder & on the desktop. The only thing I could think of is my "account control" is disabled. BTW, Vista Boot Pro (free or shareware, can't remember) works in Win7 as well, so if you want to dual-boot into XP, it's not a problem (if you need to install XP *after* Win7). Check your account control settings... Had no problems installing any apps so far. Love 7 as much as I hated Vista.
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