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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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
    2020-11-27T18:04:07+00:00

    Update: I now have a picture of what appears to be a desert for about 8 seconds.  Microsoft support have not replied to my case for over a week now. What an absolute disgrace this company has turned into. 

    I also cannot get msfs running since update yesterday. Loading msfs stops at desert page ,circle revolving at bottom right hand corner, been stuck now for 30 minuets.

    Brian Barber

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-29T02:08:10+00:00

    Good luck Brian.  I submitted a request here Microsoft Flight Simulator Support (zendesk.com). The first few replies came back with generic troubleshooting tips with links to FAQs. I tried the all suggestions and reported back then they just ignored me. I raised another request and this time was asked to supply and msconfig and dxdiag file.  I am waiting for word back. I have been jumping through hoops for the last 2 weeks trying to get this running. God knows how many hours I have wasted.

    With respect to your screen showing the pic of the desert and the revolving circle, I was getting that for a few seconds before crashing to desktop with no error. I have just tried logging out of the Xbox app then launching FS2020 and the circle goes round as long as I don't log back into Xbox app.  This problem has to be related to Xbox app. I was told by Xbox support 2 weeks ago to request a refund then to buy again to fix this error. My refund was refused by Microsoft! I really want to complain to the head of customer support about how this has been handled but I doubt the head is bothered.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-05T20:55:37+00:00

    Greg:

    I lost about 30G of data that I moved from my C: drive to One drive.  It was there and I verified it.  Now it is gone!

    Not in the recycle bin.  Not sure what to do or how to recover.

    Can you Help?

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