September 9, 20214 yr Hi Guys, After a Windows 10 issue I had to reinstall it. My MSFS 2020 folder was located away from the main drive so everything installed is still there. Is there a way to reactivate it so I don't have to do a full reinstall?
September 9, 20214 yr If it is the steam version, then yes! Add the location as a steam library (inside the steam program), and then verify files. Not sure about the windows store version. I have the store version myself located on a separate drive, so I would like to know also. Edited September 9, 20214 yr by bobcat999 Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
September 9, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, davenicoll said: Hi Guys, After a Windows 10 issue I had to reinstall it. My MSFS 2020 folder was located away from the main drive so everything installed is still there. Is there a way to reactivate it so I don't have to do a full reinstall? If you point to that Dir after the first launch of MSFS you can use it like before just give the installer the exakt same path and you good to go - saves a lot of installation time ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
September 9, 20214 yr Author Thank you PM.. Just to be clear, it is the store version and in my account it says install now so I will press that but just point it to my original directory when it gives me the option.. Dave
September 9, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, davenicoll said: Thank you PM.. Just to be clear, it is the store version and in my account it says install now so I will press that but just point it to my original directory when it gives me the option.. Dave Just to be clear, you probably will not get the option for the initial install. The option appears after the initial install during the first time you start MSFS, at the "Installation Manager" screen. That is where you want to point it to the original folder. ...jim ASUS Prime Z790-E, Intel i9 13900K, 32Gb DDR5 Ram, Nvidia 3090 24Gb, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB and 1 TB, Samsung Odyssey G9 Ultrawide 49" G-SYNC Monitor.
September 9, 20214 yr Does not matter whether you are on steam or MS Store - both give you the option to select the install directory early on in the install process. Think you have to down a couple of gig of pure program without location choice first before you can then select the main install directory - will indeed save you a massive download. CJ
September 9, 20214 yr And the installation path should be found in the bottom of the UserCfg.Opt file. The file is located in the LocalCache folder here: C:\Users\insertyourusernamehere\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache AMD Ryzen R9 9950X3D | Asus Astral RTX 5080 OC | 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL30 | 3440x1440 G-Sync | Logitech Pro Throttles Rudder Yoke Panels | Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS | TrackIR 5 | Oculus Rift S
September 10, 20214 yr Author Thanks guys, Download it..downloads all but then I get error...4 times...and the above file Republic mentions is empty.. Not sure how to solve this.. Dave
September 10, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, davenicoll said: Not sure how to solve …. . The easy solution: Why not just delete the MSFS folder on your PC and re-install by downloading to a totally new directory such as D:\MSFS so there is a completely clean MSFS installation? Hit download and go to bed. In the morning you can be up and flying instead of still struggling to figure out this problem. Unless your internet is slow or capped. GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
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