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
    2021-06-08T01:51:37+00:00

    My problem was I couldn't run MSFS until I updated "Gaming Services", but I couldn't update Gaming Services until I saw this solution on a MSFS forum...

    I found a group of other MSFS pilots who had experienced the same problem and had found a different solution; one that worked for them and me...  I saw no messages from anyone reporting this solution did not work for them...  This is what was recommended on the forum and what worked for me...  I am forwarding it to you in the hope that it may help others with a similar problem:

    "Open your Registry Editor and delete those two entries:

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet

    Reboot, start the sim, update the Gaming Services within the Microsoft Store and here we go"

    What is not correctly explained is that after rebooting I went back into the Microsoft Store and was then able to successfully install the 'Game Services' update...  After that, MSFS loaded without issue and I am back into the MSFS air... 

    SwampfoxUSA

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-08T20:06:05+00:00

    Hi Guys,

    After struggling with this all night and following all of the advice on this post i have found a fix for it which worked on both of my systems and it was incredibly simple.

    Go to Settings > Update and Security > For Developers

    Turn on developer mode

    Restart

    Launch flight sim as admin

    Install

    Turn off developer mode.

    Hope this helps

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-09T20:38:52+00:00

    Hello Greg, I had a problem where every time I'd load up the installer it'd take 30 seconds to 1 minute to load and it crashed. I did try everything and nothing worked, I did think of something though. I just reset the computer leaving my personal files but deleting all settings and apps. Fortunately that worked and now I can play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

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