cannot launch fs2020 after windows update

[yankeegolf3 52]

Hello,

Last night i had a windows update but now when I want to launch the game with my desktop short cut, I end up in the microsoft store. It tells me that the product is installed but I cannot do anything there.

Any idea?

[kmantyniemi 2]

Right click windows logo, settings, apps, click on gaming services, advanced settings, repair.

[yankeegolf3 52]

Hello,

I have  tried but it does not work

[yankeegolf3 52]

I am stuck on the gaming services page  (product installed) in windows store with no action offered. I disconnected from my account and reconnected, to no avail.

[Bert Pieke 7,590]

In the Store, My Library, does it show MSFS as owned/installed?

Is there a Launch button?

 

Edited June 16, 2021 by Bert Pieke

[Silicus 888]

I had the same stupid thing: You need to delete Game Services and re-install them:

Here are detailed instructions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpZ3BZokSOA

Fairly easy. Hope that helps

[yankeegolf3 52]

52 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

In the Store, My Library, does it show MSFS as owned/installed?

Is there a Launch button?

 

 

It shows FS as installed. When I launch FS, it opens up the gaming services page , product installed and no further action available

[fppilot 4,391]

7 minutes ago, yankeegolf3 said:

It shows FS as installed. When I launch FS, it opens up the gaming services page , product installed and no further action available

Have you logged out of both sites and logged back into both, fresh?

[yankeegolf3 52]

What do you mean by both sites? there is only MS store, I am confused...

[dobee51 349]

I have the same problem now - game won't launch, tries to update gaming services but fails.

Were you able to fix it?

[yankeegolf3 52]

hello,

I was able to fix this most annoying problem (no more FS2020). I tried the first tip (delete gamin services) provided in the link given by silicus (post above). I also repaired the gaming services  (tip 3 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKTsobT-R0k). I am confused about what exactly did the trick because I was so desperate to repair that bloody mess that I did not keep track of what I was doing.

I am not sure that the problem stemmed from the windows update or if it is a coincidence. It is not FS 2020 related but definitely gaming services related. I really don't understand why Microsoft cannoot find a way to prevent this from happening. One day it works, the next day it does not. That is the way computers behave. 

I hope that you will succeed.

 

 

[wim123 765]

2 hours ago, yankeegolf3 said:

hello,

I was able to fix this most annoying problem (no more FS2020). I tried the first tip (delete gamin services) provided in the link given by silicus (post above). I also repaired the gaming services  (tip 3 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKTsobT-R0k). I am confused about what exactly did the trick because I was so desperate to repair that bloody mess that I did not keep track of what I was doing.

I am not sure that the problem stemmed from the windows update or if it is a coincidence. It is not FS 2020 related but definitely gaming services related. I really don't understand why Microsoft cannoot find a way to prevent this from happening. One day it works, the next day it does not. That is the way computers behave. 

I hope that you will succeed.

its weird these things yes, but for me it has always worked fine, computers are not the same, in that there is the difference.

 

 

[TENPATROL 138]

23 hours ago, yankeegolf3 said:

Any idea?

Try Re-install gaming services manually

[dobee51 349]

Thanks guys. I'll try re-install gaming services as my last resort. What could go wrong??!!

I tried doing the simple repair in the Settings/Apps App, but now I don't see Gaming Services in the Apps App anymore. But it is still running inside the MS Store App and still can't update.

[yankeegolf3 52]

So the guy in Tenpatrol's link says that the problem occured after a windows update which confirms my first conclusion...

I wonder if rolling back the update would fix the issue.