Hi all,

Where is the .exe file for starting fs2020?

I am starting fs2020 now with an icon on the tool bar.

Thanks.

 

I think that is the only way

Never heard of an available exe for it

And what if by mistake you delete the fs icon?

3 minutes ago, Ourgas2 said:

And what if by mistake you delete the fs icon?

Then by intention open up the recycle bin and cancel it. If not then you will have to google up how to find the game files in the appdata folder struct.

Hi there,

Have a look here:

 

35 minutes ago, Ourgas2 said:

And what if by mistake you delete the fs icon?

It should be in the program listings under Microsoft Games

process lasso has a path to it

also if you start it from Steam or MS Store you can pin the icon of the running game

I have it in d:\WindowsApps\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.11.7.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\, but off course it depends on where you have installed FlightSimulator. That folder can only be accessed with some effort.
It's not as straightforward as I would like, but the same is true for most games these days. They all use "launchers" that are installed in locations you have no control over.

1 hour ago, Ourgas2 said:

Hi all,

Where is the .exe file for starting fs2020?

I am starting fs2020 now with an icon on the tool bar.

Thanks.

 

Don't mess with that file if you don't want any issues. You can create a desktop icon but do not try to run as admin. There's a reason why it is hidden. That's for the MS store version.

Mine is on the Steam folder, in the steamapps\common subfolder, like this: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator. If you delete the desktop icon nothing will happen, unless you directly delete the executable from the folder above, which is obviously something you don't want to do.

In my case, it's a Steam custom install, which I selected the first time I installed the Steam app.

Cheers, Ed

Edited December 22, 20205 yr by edpatino

I suggest making a backup of the desk icon shortcut and putting it somewhere safe.  You cannot access the .exe file unless you change permissions, which is probably not advisable, as Microsoft had a strange reason to hide it in the first place. (Piracy paranoia or something?) 

Just search for it in the start menu

I believe that the actual EXE is inside a hidden Windows directory.

If you enable Dev mode and install the SDK, you can access an EXE that launches the game in dev mode.

The launcher tool is a tool specifically created to provide user a faster launch for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This very first version functionnality can simply be invoked outside the sim by calling the fsdevmodelauncher.exe executable located in the Tools\bin folder of the SDK.