This is the third thread about this very issue.

To all those who experienced this unpleasant occurence, please follow this simple method suggested in another thread by a user: Open MSFS in Normal mode, open the Developer Mode, Save the Settings, Quit to Desktop.

Restart MSFS and it should not show that screen again. I had this too, was ALWAYS closing my MSFS with "Quit to desktop" and never had a CTD or a crash of any kind, all my add-ons are up-to-date, so that message was clearly a bug.

I also performed several flights in Normal mode after this message (before implementing this simple solution above) and had no issue whatsoever.

2 hours ago, pmb said:

Negative. I always close using "Quit to desktop" and I am given the Safe Mode message despite.

Kind regards, Michael

Exactly the same circumstances for me, as I've just posted in another thread.

Edited September 9, 20214 yr by spacedyemeerkat

1 hour ago, Bernard Ducret said:

This is the third thread about this very issue.

To all those who experienced this unpleasant occurence, please follow this simple method suggested in another thread by a user: Open MSFS in Normal mode, open the Developer Mode, Save the Settings, Quit to Desktop.

Restart MSFS and it should not show that screen again. I had this too, was ALWAYS closing my MSFS with "Quit to desktop" and never had a CTD or a crash of any kind, all my add-ons are up-to-date, so that message was clearly a bug.

I also performed several flights in Normal mode after this message (before implementing this simple solution above) and had no issue whatsoever.

The above is NOT working for me when starting using a shortcut.

If I start using the Steam client, I do NOT get the Safe Mode prompt.

If I start using a shortcut, I DO get the Safe Mode prompt.

Doing the above dev mode stuff does NOT change this behaviour.

My recommendation is to start using the Steam client or the MSStore (or XBox App) client.

...jim

 

Edited September 9, 20214 yr by JimBrown

On 9/8/2021 at 9:05 PM, JimBrown said:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/75294-view-reliability-history-windows-10-a.html

Jim!  Thank you so much for posting this tip!  I have for years been aware of Windows event viewer.  For the better part of a year I was experiencing some strange Windows10 system freezes or stalls.  They usually occurred during work in a Microsoft Office 2016 Pro app *Word, Excel, Outlook, etc, or when using Chrome, or when using Quicken.  In all cases I had multiple apps open from among those.  Upon an occurrence of the issue, I was able to Alt-Tab between the open apps and was able to successfully save work.  However I could not continue work in any of the apps, nor could I fully close them.  The Windows Start menu was grayed out, so I also could not shut down or reboot the system without doing a forced hardware reset.  I had this issue once every two or three days but also sometimes multiple instances per day,  Two months ago I began logging which apps were open at the time the issue occurred.  I was finding no clear answer.  I came very close to turning the computer over to a tech firm for evaluation.

Then I followed the link above that you posted. 

I was unaware of the Reliability History in W10.  Once I reviewed it I found a clear list of the issues I had been experiencing. The exact dates and times.  Virtually all were tied to hardware monitoring apps from Corsair, Corsair 4 and Corsair iCue.  On the 10^th of September I disabled both of those Corsair apps from starting with Windows.  I have not had the stated issue since that time.

Thank you, Jim.  THANK YOU!