Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Installation Problems

Anonymous
2020-08-18T07:24:27+00:00

I have managed to get as far as the "Welcomem Set Your Experience" screen ==> Content Manager" that seems to keep restarting the download for "asobo-aircraft-b787-10-0.1.35.fspackage".

The download will sometimes get to around 30% and then reset back to start again, while other times it may only get to 7% or 12%.

Why is this happening?

My internet is reasonably stable with a consistent download bandwidth of between 30MBPS to 50MBPS.

Thanks!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade

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  1. SD - IA 179.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-08-18T07:28:52+00:00

    Hi Jawahar,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    Via https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ar...

    If you are experiencing slow download speed when downloading Microsoft Flight Simulator, please do the following:

    In the Windows search bar, type Command and look for ‘Command Prompt’

    In the menu select “Run as administrator”

    Enter: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

    Press enter

    We also recommend doing the following:

    Close the app and restart it rather than letting it hang. Note: the download will resume from where it left off (you will not have to download from the start again)

    Avoid using WiFi when updating. Try using an ethernet cable instead.

    Turn off any security software that may be interfering (UAC, Antivirus, Firewall).

    Change the installation repository (from C: to D: for instance) or try creating a new installation folder in the drive of your choice (for instance create "MSFS" in your C: drive)

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T07:33:14+00:00

    Hi,

    The download (in this instance when downloading the b787 aircraft package) does NOT resume from where it left off - it resets to zero every time and restarts in a continuous loop.

    Note this is from the CONTENT MANAGER - checking for updates and then after confirming a file location, gets stuck in an ever failing loop of restarting the download.

    And yes i have already tried the other points noted and my internet is very stable.

    Thanks!

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  3. SD - IA 179.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-08-18T07:42:55+00:00

    Thanks, Jawahar for the additional info. Let us check what the other experts have to say. Appreciate your patience.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T07:43:49+00:00

    Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T20:50:05+00:00

    I have the same problem. did you fix this?

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