Microsoft flight sim 2020 wont launch

Anonymous
2020-09-03T01:22:14+00:00

Hi i recently downloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator to my pc which i was very excited to play. Unfortunately when ever i click the icon for the game, nothing will happen the game will not launch and i have tried uninstalling it and installing it again and nothing has worked so far. Please help me because i am confused as to what to do.

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Anonymous
2021-01-02T01:08:04+00:00

Thanks Louise Great to hear you got it sorted. I really didnt want to reinstall windows so I battled on.

I Finally got it to LOAD!

After crawling through pages of tips and tricks I have found a solution to my CTD on loading screen issues.

Only problem is I'm not sure exactly what fixed it but this is the Process I did.

  1. Uninstalled  MSFS 2020 and Restart PC

2 Uninstalled Xbox App and Restart PC

3 Set App language Settings to US English (this is a different setting than the keyboard and Display Language. It is in the windows settings app.

4 Installed windows sdk and Restart PC

5 Installed Xbox App and yup Restarted PC.

6 Logged in to Xbox app and searched for Flight Simulator.

7 Installed MSFS 2020 (from the xbox app) then Restarted PC

8 Now I Launched MSFS from the start menu NOT THE XBOX APP.  Right click and Run as Administrator.

The Desert scene came up like usual but instead of the expected CTD up came the installation manager and so far so good I am downloading content.

I really hope this can help Others, Good Luck

Update: After about 8 hours of downloading the extra content the Sim works. and it does look amazing. Two weeks of frustration getting it to work seems a little over the top but I'm not complaining now :)

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Anonymous
2021-06-05T08:23:35+00:00

After Update 4 MSFS2020 did not launch anymore.

Before this update everything worked perfect.

After update windows, reinstall MSFS2020 any many more attemps no progress at all.

But the solution was more easy than I assume ;-)

I switched the Bullguard Fire Wall out.

Instead of Bullguard the PC switch to Windows Defender Fire Wall automatically.

With the Windows Defender Fire Wall the game launches perfect.

Happy again!

Walter

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T22:12:36+00:00

    Good luck Ross if you do try to get Microsoft to fix your problem. I've given up after almost 2 months of trying to get Microsoft to listen and gone over to DCS with VR. It's great!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-31T20:21:03+00:00

    What I did in the end was to send the DVD's back, by a steam licence but it wouldn't install still imagining it was already installed. therefore I was in the same spot but I totally clean installed win10 on formatted disk and it worked. it is an amazing piece of software and I am happy to say that I also got the VR headset to work with it today and that is absolutely mind blowingly good. 

    pity the installation is such a mess. the other thing I found out today is with the deluxe, you have to manually install all the other bits i wondered why Heathrow didn't look very good at a distance. it IS worth the effort but some really clear guidance and sometimes it is do what I did, start from the bottom up and do it all again. luckily I have time off to do it. :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-30T22:12:31+00:00

    I agree it has something to do with the xbox app. I to logged out of the app before launching the sim from the start bar (run as administrator). The Desert loading screen stays on with the turning circle, then the xbox app appears.

    If I shut the app down I get to a screen that says press any key to continue.

    When i press any key the xbox app appears again. If I click lets play on the app I get the crash to desktop. If I shut down the app the process repeats.

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