Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

The AVSIM Community

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

FS 2020 Executable Name/Path?

Featured Replies

I'm trying to configure a profile in Logitech G-Hub so that I can map keyboard commands to mouse buttons or macro keys on my gaming keyboard. Microsoft seems to have tried very hard to hid the name/location of the executable. Anyone have any tips on how to find the name of the main executable so that I can setup G-Hub to auto-detect when I'm running Flight Sim 2020?

/Dave

  • 2 weeks later...

Im trying to find the fs2020 .exe  aswell 

 

I want to apply some reshade shaders to fs2020  and reshade needs to locate the fs2020.exe

 

well  a few minutes ago I turned off my kaspsky firewall

 

then click the fs2020 desktop icon  

 

and a windows defender message said allow access to flightsimulator.exe

location was E:\1\flightsimulator.exe

when

E:\ drive is my system reserved drive  

 

there no folder there called E:\1      so it must be hidden

 

I should have made a screenshot  to prove this aswell

 

 

I remember somebody said it was on C:\Program Files\Windowsapp but that folder is protected and I can't even enter it.

Quite annoying because I need to do the same for my logitech mouse. It needs to be able to locate the main flightsimulator.exe

ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU

Hi all,

Where ever you installed the simulator must be a folder  "WindowsApps". Here you find the folder "Microsoft.DigitalOwnership_1.0.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe" look here for the FlightSimulator.exe. You need special permission for the WindowsApps folder.

This helped me to gain access to it:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/what-is-windows-apps-hidden-folder-and-why-cant-i/40a60508-c409-422a-af92-bd51fe5a4ca9

Good luck

Mick

PC: Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite, AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Super Aorus Master, DDR5 G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 2X32 GB, Corsair HX 1000, Fractal Torrent, Samsung LC32 / G7 1440P.

Thanks Mick. I will give that a try!

ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU

yeah that link will work for you pretty sure. Took a bit to find my exe also 🙂

i7-8600k @ 3.70 GHz  16.0 GB Ram OS Win 10-64 bit    Geforce GTX 1070 

  • 2 weeks later...

Anyone have luck getting Logitech Ghub to pickup FS2020?

I was able to locate the .exe file and set the permissions of the WindowsApp folder however when I pick the Flightsimulator.exe from the Ghub, it says I don't have permissions. Also cannot launch it by opening that exe file. Anyone figure it out?

Edited by n19htmare

23 minutes ago, n19htmare said:

Anyone have luck getting Logitech Ghub to pickup FS2020?

I was able to locate the .exe file and set the permissions of the WindowsApp folder however when I pick the Flightsimulator.exe from the Ghub, it says I don't have permissions. Also cannot launch it by opening that exe file. Anyone figure it out?

I had the same issue trying to launch the exe from that location which leads me to believe that not really the correct exe

Wayne such

Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3

On 9/8/2020 at 3:18 AM, Jetman67 said:

I had the same issue trying to launch the exe from that location which leads me to believe that not really the correct exe

Wondering if its the same issue with Steam version? I have not purchased any copies yet and I'm on the Xbox Game Pass for now. Still deciding if I should go with Steam or Microsoft version. 

  • 4 weeks later...

I found the .exe and modified permissions on the parent folders so I can access it. I was able to turn off full screen optimization, as advised elsewhere, but when I try to use ShuttleXpress to map certain commands to buttons (I assume ghub is similar) I am told I don't have permission to open the file.

Any suggestions? Did OP ever get ghub to work with MSFS?

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.