Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Installation Problems / Clarification

Anonymous
2020-08-18T07:08:11+00:00

Hi,

I have been struggling with getting MSFS 2020 to install!

Pre-Purchased the Premium Deluxe Edition and i have a Windows 10 PC - and so far all attempts have failed at some point over the last 12 hours of trying.

First question - what is the order of installation that should be performed from the Microsoft Store across the items that are listed there in two parts:

  1. Manage - with just one entry "Microsoft Flight Simulator: Premium Deluxe" and
  2. Bundle Contents - that lists four sub-parts

2.1 "Microsoft Flight Simulator"

2.2 "Flight Simulator Deluxe Upgrade"

2.3 "Flight Simulator Premium Deluxe Upgrade"

2.4 "Digital Ownership"

Is there a particular order or hierarchy that these need to be installed?

i.e. do each of the sub-parts of point 2 above need to be installed individually and prior to the first part (i.e. point 1), or does installing the first (Managed) install all the others?

So far the downloads have been erratic, and i installed the first part and then launched it, it started up and then froze, and then crashed on restart. When trying to install the sub-parts, the computer just site there with "working" displayed on the sub-part line.

This is really frustrating!

Anyone able to provide some guidance or point to a set of instructions on how to get MSFS2020 installed?

thanks!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Microsoft Store

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-22T20:04:49+00:00

    Same problem here :(

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-22T20:16:00+00:00

    Hello, everyone,

    it's an absolute cheek what microsoft allows itself again. you buy a program that costs over a hundred euros and the software giant Microsoft can't handle the mass of downloads? what do the programmers there get paid for? i'm very annoyed about this circumstance. but it will be like always.... microsoft doesn't care about this at all. i think in one year everything will work properly....

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-22T20:46:17+00:00

    same thing, dunno what to do at this point

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-23T03:59:56+00:00

    I reinstalled Windows... Now it worked to do the first installation BUT it doesn't start. I can see it in the task manager for a little while (20-30 seconds) and then it just disappears. No errors nothing. 

    Clean Windows installation with only GPU drivers on top of it, and still problems...

    Ran troubleshooter again. Said to restore the app. I did and now it's gone and I can't install it. Back to the original problem. I mean.... This is soooo bad! One of the largest fiaskos ever!

    Installing this game should not be this difficult. They should refund the money and pay us for the inconvinience.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-23T06:00:55+00:00

    So on to different problems.

    I figured out it would complete the update if I totally left my computer alone.  Even moving the mouse too much would cause the download to fail.  Ran all night and update was complete when I woke up.

    To call this thing buggy may be the understatement of the year.  I got it working, but it will just randomly freeze/close for no apparent reason.  I've been messing with this thing for a couple hours and I haven't even left the ground yet.

    I may be done with this thing.  So completely disappointed.

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