I made this reply to another thread and figured it would be better served as it's own Topic.
How Future Pinball "should" be setup with a new clean install for a cabinet:
-install Future Pinball from the setup file you get from the Future Pinball site
-copy your FP tables (*.fpt) to the Tables folder (NOT in their own self-named sub folders!)
-if your table needs a different version of physics (2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7, Zed, Custom, etc), then just copy the needed