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When I start up the game it tells me to press any button to start. I press a button and then it tells me to insert the disk and press continue. I don't have a disk because I purchased the premium Deluxe Edition online it's bought-and-paid-for it says the game is installed but everytime I press continue it just pops up again please insert disc.
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Reinstall windows and spend many hours only because of microsofts copy protection, which brings more problems to honest clients, than to cyber criminals? No sorry, this i won't do and I want my money back! If this should be a problem i will sue microsoft and never buy anything with it's name!
The game got cracked at the first day of release btw...
Microsoft is a big shame!
Hey,
I was having the same issue and I went and disabled the Firewall and it worked (I disabled it in Bitdefender), it's downloading the complete game right now. So this seems to be an issue in the Firewall, I will check it later to find out what exactly is the issue there. Can't wait to play. Let me know if this also fixed your issue.
Regards,
I have Bitdefender too and so far only solution is to disable firewall. Please put some stress to Bitdefender support as I did, so they will deliver fix sooner! The problem is not just installation, but online content is blocked as Bitdefender blocks internet access from Flightsimulator.exe and at least I was not able to add rule to allow it as the installation folder is protected.
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I tried everything mentioned in this forum and nothing worked for me. I've spent 2 days trying to figure this out and decided to get the refund and buy the game through Steam as suggested. I don't get the game asking me for a disc anymore and now I'm just waiting for hours and hours for this thing to finally download. Fingers crossed that this all works in the end. This has NOT been a good experience and I didn't expect to have so many issues along the way. Installations shouldn't be this difficult!
I bought game directly from Microsoft store, so I do not have any game disks.
