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Beta testers! MSFS is deleting itself!

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Read it and weep.

If this issue hits you, be prepared for an approx. 100GB reinstall, plus an extra 50GB or so of content.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/new-update-in-the-microsoft-store-sim-deletes-itself/467048

Edited by HiFlyer

We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically.
 
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if you have your files installed somewhere other than default, rename the folder so they don't get deleted.

Let the sim update in the store, launch check it works, the rename the folder back and direct the sim to it on the installation screen.

Edited by Tuskin38

2 hours ago, HiFlyer said:

Read it and weep.

Hey, they do apologize and promise not to do "this" again. Plenty of other ways to antagonize their paying customers.

I do not understand how Microsoft can get market share with anything they touch.

-J

13700KF | RTX 4090 @ 1440 | 64GB DDR5 | 2 x 1TB SSDs | 1TB M.2 NVMe

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I just feel for anyone with a stinky internet connection who may have to take days to redownload......

Edited by HiFlyer

We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically.
 
Devons rig
Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB /  1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe /  1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5

I hate it when flight sims do that ! :s_bgt:

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Isn’t this only for beta testers? And there are usually instructors not to install the beta in the main flight sim folder.

Edited by DylanM

29 minutes ago, DylanM said:

Isn’t this only for beta testers? And there are usually instructors not to install the beta in the main flight sim folder.

yep only for beta  testers  there is  another thread on this

 

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Peter kelberg

5 hours ago, Twenty6 said:

Hey, they do apologize and promise not to do "this" again. Plenty of other ways to antagonize their paying customers.

I do not understand how Microsoft can get market share with anything they touch.

Except this is a beta version - expect issues with betas.

Matt Webb

It's actually a favour for someone like me 🙂

That was something I had long been requesting !!! ASOBO listened to me !!! An Auto-Uninstalling flight simulator !!! This is UNIQUE - Have to love MFS !!!

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32 minutes ago, jcomm said:

It's actually a favour for someone like me 🙂

That was something I had long been requesting !!! ASOBO listened to me !!! An Auto-Uninstalling flight simulator !!! This is UNIQUE - Have to love MFS !!!

Username checks out 🤣

 

Cheers

 

Terry

 

No. No, Mav, this is not a good idea.

Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower!

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On that thread there are some users saying they have had to reinstall even though they didn't take part in beta testing.

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Is “this” also happening to Steam users?.

it’s simply crazy.

Cheers, Ed

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18 minutes ago, edpatino said:

Is “this” also happening to Steam users?.

it’s simply crazy.

Hi ed,

I'm a Steam user.

I'm not a Beta tester.

I have had no problems like this. (fingers crossed)

 

Cheers

 

Terry

No. No, Mav, this is not a good idea.

Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower!

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Boeing Thrustmaster TCA Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, Turtle Beach Velocity One Rudder Pedals.   

This is normal for SW testing. Betas are temporary. At work, once the release version goes out any machines we had that were running beta software get immediately updated to either the current release or the next alpha. There generally isn't a proper update path from a beta release to the final version as the release version installer will be set up to up to replace the files from the last release version and not the ones from the beta release, which are "already" upgraded from the last released version. Beta releases are truly the red headed stepchildren of software. If you were in the beta, do yourself a favor and reinstall the new release version. Even if you manage to keep the beta SW installed somehow, you're likely to have problems later on.

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Just a quick update...

I am not a beta tester and running the MS Store version.

I am running the FS 2020 program right now and did not experience the delete and reinstall issue.

Edited by flyblueskies

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