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Stuck on 'Press Any Key to Start'

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1 minute ago, odourboy said:

Nothing called "Xbox Gaming Services" to be found in my universe. Am I screwed? Can I uninstall any of those safely? Oi Vey!

Nope that could be triggered by the installation of Microsoft Flight Simulator, you are at least aware of it so if you are having troubles when installing just go back into MS Store and run Updates again. Knowledge is key and it is good you are using your time to gain some

Matthew Kane

I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me 

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130 euro and I am here with the headcache from 2 hours trying to understand why it doesnt work.

after intro, I get the screen "type a key to start" and black screen loop.

 

it is unbeliavable and shame this situation.

well now working ! thx to matthew's help. Thx a lot. That was the identity provider indeed

Appreciate you guys BIG TIME getting all the background stuff in place before installing here in Canada. When is MS going to stop with all these multiple requirements and really get it together for a one click install process like a Mac? Cheers!

7 minutes ago, philrx31 said:

well now working ! thx to matthew's help. Thx a lot. That was the identity provider indeed

I must say this seems like total rubbish. How in the world is Joe Average supposed to figure out from a 'type any key to start' message that he's missing 'Xbox Identity Provider' app? FAIL.

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7 minutes ago, philrx31 said:

well now working ! thx to matthew's help. Thx a lot. That was the identity provider indeed

what does it mean? what to do or check?

I reinstalled now flight simulator app.. it downloaded only about 1gb.. and nothing more.. still blocked in the black screen click to start loop

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8 minutes ago, fenice80 said:

130 euro and I am here with the headcache from 2 hours trying to understand why it doesnt work.

after intro, I get the screen "type a key to start" and black screen loop.

 

it is unbeliavable and shame this situation.

Go through these steps:

Run Windows Update and update everything
Make sure no Windows Updates are pending
Go into APPS > Store 
Click on the ... 3-Dots in the top right corner
Click on Download and Updates
Click on Get Updates
Restart Windows
Run MSFS in Administration Mode

If that doesn't work go through these steps further:
https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015760660

If none of that works come back and let us know

Matthew Kane

I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me 

Just now, Matthew Kane said:

Go through these steps:

Run Windows Update and update everything
Make sure no Windows Updates are pending
Go into APPS > Store 
Click on the ... 3-Dots in the top right corner
Click on Download and Updates
Click on Get Updates
Restart Windows
Run MSFS in Administration Mode

If that doesn't work go through these steps further:
https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015760660

If none of that works come back and let us know

thank you for support and help but I already tried all that and it doesnt work.

Maybe it will work when it will download the 100gb of game.. at the moment it has download only 1gb.. but if it is uncomplete, why it starts?! Howevery it's a shame to pay € 130,00 for to have so undecent installation problems.

did they test this game before to start it?

Funny, eh? Mid-2020, and one of the world's biggest tech firms can't get something as simple as content delivery of a computer game right. Wonder if this showed up as a bug in alpha/beta testing? 😉 

It will be interesting to see whether this shows up in the Steam roll out tomorrow.

43 minutes ago, hypercide said:

Wonder if this showed up as a bug in alpha/beta testing?

I am surprised this didn't...

Less than an hour to go before download  🙃

 

Alain from Montreal

Using the Microsoft App Store is bringing back flashbacks of the days of using EA's Origin store to purchase games. Haven't used it in years, but it was just about as buggy as this is. I really miss the olden days when you could purchase physical copies of games. Finally got things to work after jumping through a few hurdles though!

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Downloading !!! 🤗

 

Alain from Montreal

3 minutes ago, aljones said:

Downloading !!! 🤗

 

Alain from Montreal

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It started about 1 hour ago (180300Z) in Brazil

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