On 7/16/2020 at 5:15 AM, Bert Pieke said:

Here is what I did.

1. Download Flight Simulator to its default location. It is not a very big file.. some 200 MB.

2. Go to Windows Settings / Apps and find the Flight Simulator "app"

3. Click on it and select Move

4. Point to your SSD and execute.

The App will be moved to its new location.

Hi Bert,

I just go the premium FS2020 but at Settings, Apps  it shows MS FS with a 11.5 MB size not 200 MB. Shall I  need to uninstall and reinstall again?  

Thanks!

Cheers

 

Why don't you all wait until the game releases and we get the actual install file before moving stuff around?  Seems to me that going into these settings and updating stuff is more likely to hurt more than help in the future.  In the Xbox app for me, it clearly gives me the option to denote which drive I want my games installed on, I selected my SSD, boom done.

In response to the question from @Peter Webber  about purchasing on your laptop and being able to play on your PC, the answer is yes.  You have purchased a license from MS that is linked to your MS account - if you log in to the same MS account on different computers, you can download the game and play it wherever you are logged in.  Logging in to multiple locations at once will cause you to be logged out of any other location, so you cannot purchase the game once and play it on multiple PCs at the same time.  In addition, with Xbox Play Anywhere, purchasing the PC version of MSFS also grants you a license to download and play the game on Xbox when the game is released there.

Edited July 20, 20205 yr by terpsnation

6 hours ago, ega said:

Hi Bert,

I just go the premium FS2020 but at Settings, Apps  it shows MS FS with a 11.5 MB size not 200 MB. Shall I  need to uninstall and reinstall again?  

Thanks!

Cheers

 

No, you are fine.

2 hours ago, terpsnation said:

Why don't you all wait until the game releases and we get the actual install file before moving stuff around?  Seems to me that going into these settings and updating stuff is more likely to hurt more than help in the future.

Since the game  (or should I say "app"..)  is now available for preorder and install, it sure would be nice if Microsoft took the trouble and released an Installation Guide for all us flightsimmers who are not familiar with Xbox Games or the MS Store.. 🙂

Edited July 20, 20205 yr by Bert Pieke

17 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

No, you are fine.

Thanks Bert..hope you are doing fine!

Best

Hopefully will be able to move the installation afterwards. I have about 600gb free on my 1TB NVMe drive. But am planning on buying the 2TB sabrent rocket PCIe 4.0 drive later in the year - at £350 it's not priority right now. Still need a set of rudder pedals and 3000 series GPU first 

On 7/16/2020 at 4:47 PM, Bert Pieke said:

Ask the MS Support team... they are keen to help 😉

Here is the answer I got:

"Hi Bpieke

Thanks for contacting us regarding Microsoft Flight Simulator. For further assistance with this issue please contact Microsoft Store Support or visit Microsoft Store Help directly.


Best regards,
Microsoft Flight Simulator Support Team"

Very helpful 😉

Edit: try the links and see where you end up....

Edited July 21, 20205 yr by Bert Pieke

8 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Here is the answer I got:

Thanks for contacting us regarding Microsoft Flight Simulator. For further assistance with this issue please contact Microsoft Store Support or visit Microsoft Store Help directly.
<snip>
Edit: try the links and see where you end up....

Quite helpfull, in case You want a Refund.

Thanks to all who gave feedback! I successfully connected my Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB SSD into my motherboard (1st time with zero experience), formatted successfully and changed default drive for Microsoft Store to my new SSD. MSFS is now installed on the SSD. All thanks to the feedback from the AVSIM community. Thanks again.

I plan on purchasing a 2TB Samsung M2 for MSFS2020.  Once again....will I be able to direct the program to this SSD without any problems?  There seems to be many different opinions and methods on this thread, and I would hope that before this purchase, that I can be confident that this new program can have all the space it needs on my new SSD.

 

Thanks.

Stan

27 minutes ago, spilok said:

I plan on purchasing a 2TB Samsung M2 for MSFS2020.  Once again....will I be able to direct the program to this SSD without any problems?  There seems to be many different opinions and methods on this thread, and I would hope that before this purchase, that I can be confident that this new program can have all the space it needs on my new SSD.

 

Thanks.

Stan

You sure can. I already have my 200 MB pre-order download directed to a new M.2 drive. Once you open the actual installer on August 18th I'm sure there will be additional data storage options.

13 minutes ago, Hyperfocal said:

You sure can. I already have my 200 MB pre-order download directed to a new M.2 drive. Once you open the actual installer on August 18th I'm sure there will be additional data storage options.

EXACTLY HOW do you direct the pre-order to a specific drive?  When I check my pre-order, it says I'm too early.

Stan

12 minutes ago, spilok said:

EXACTLY HOW do you direct the pre-order to a specific drive?  When I check my pre-order, it says I'm too early.

Stan

Because every other 'game' from the MS Store offers the option to install the actual program, content, and scenery to a drive of the user's choice.

What we have now is simply the 'launcher application' that will allow us to begin the installation on August 18th.

 

1 hour ago, spilok said:

EXACTLY HOW do you direct the pre-order to a specific drive?  When I check my pre-order, it says I'm too early.

Stan

On 7/15/2020 at 11:15 PM, Bert Pieke said:

Here is what I did.

1. Download Flight Simulator to its default location. It is not a very big file.. some 200 MB.

2. Go to Windows Settings / Apps and find the Flight Simulator "app"

3. Click on it and select Move

4. Point to your SSD and execute.

The App will be moved to its new location.

Bert's advice works well. As n4gix mentioned, once the launcher is opened there will certainly be additional options.

2 hours ago, Hyperfocal said:

You sure can. I already have my 200 MB pre-order download directed to a new M.2 drive. Once you open the actual installer on August 18th I'm sure there will be additional data storage options.

Strange. Mine is 20.2MB.