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Custom Controllers Profile path?

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Can someone direct me to where one can find controller profiles when one creates a custom profile?  This is for the Windows edition (not Steam).

Thx

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4 hours ago, Clutch Cargo said:

Can someone direct me to where one can find controller profiles when one creates a custom profile?

If you are asking where are custom controller profiles stored, I think here for a standard Win10 MSFS installation:

C:\Users\your-name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\

Click on the folder with the looooong 'name' ( I also have a t folder in this location which is empty on my machine) and you should then see a list of profile folders. If you open a profile folder you will see a 'container.xyz file, and another file with a loooong name. If you open the file with the long name with a text editor, in some cases you will see readable XML code. Some of the files are not readable -- I don't know what the non-readable files are all about.

Al

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WoW, thx Ark.  I don't think I would have ever found that.  Trying to make backups of any custom profiles as I discovered they easily get written over.

Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!)  Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11),  EVGA 1300W PSU
Netgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displays
Full array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.

4 hours ago, Clutch Cargo said:

WoW, thx Ark.  I don't think I would have ever found that.  Trying to make backups of any custom profiles as I discovered they easily get written over.

Note you can also use the Preset Manager (under Options) to make backups of controller setups.

Al

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