Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 will not work on this device

[Kilo60 660]

How do I fix this?

 

[Farlis 2,277]

This is a brand new sim. Questions like these are best not asked on avsim but on the official support desk of Microsoft:

 

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

[carmined 132]

You tried launching the game from the Start menu and clicking on the Flight Simulator icon?

Edited August 18, 2020 by carmined

[Kilo60 660]

2 hours ago, carmined said:

You tried launching the game from the Start menu and clicking on the Flight Simulator icon?

Yes

 

Just have a black screen when I do!

[JerryT87 22]

8 hours ago, Kilo60 said:

How do I fix this?

 

I have the same screen, except I haven't attempted an install yet because of this. It seems like that was a wise choice seeing the issue you are having now.

[udidwht 133]

OS version and build number?

Should be...2004 19041.450

Edited August 18, 2020 by udidwht

[Kilo60 660]

I'm not sure how I actually fixed it as I tried a number of things and hit "PLAY" until the game loaded and I was notified an update was needed to play the game.  The update downloaded and installed in the game shell and was approx 95 gigs...

 

I'm guessing the MSFS servers were stressed and busy as heck today!

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Kilo60

[JerryT87 22]

40 minutes ago, udidwht said:

OS version and build number?

Should be...2004 19041.450

Yep, thats exactly what mine shows.