So I decided to start my initiation into MSFS Christmas day by installing it thru my Steam account.  It took most of the night to download the massive system.  When I tried to start it the next morning thru Steam, it died after about 4/5th of the blue line was done.  I get an access violation every time I try to start it:

FlightSimulator.exe    Stopped working    12/26/2021 2:39:53 PM    All Users    0xc0000005    Access Violation    0x01b1859a    FlightSimulator.exe    1.21.13.0    D:\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator\FlightSimulator.exe    29,186    C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_FlightSimulator._745914981866a05d1f739e3bd3f891b655f5c987_0950a464_45c88955-4e1d-4747-a7af-d536298140c0\Report.wer    

I don't think MSFS completely installed and I don't know how to either complete the installation or restart it.  Any help will be appreciated.

Jim Driskell

i7-3770 3.4Mhz 8GB Ram NVIDO GTX 1060 6GB

Hi Jim,  I too have a steam install but did not encounter any issues.  What I do know is that this type of thing was an issue early on.  May I suggest you look over at the official MS tech forums (MS Forum) because it is discussed.  It may also be discussed here also.  I sense you frustration, but I am sure it can get cleared up soon.

First thing I would do is make sure that all Windows updates have been installed, that you have the latest graphics drivers installed, that the Steam client is up to date, and that MS Store does not have any pending updates.

...jim

 

that your CPU is below the minimum specifications doesn’t help

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013463459-Minimum-Recommended-and-Ideal-PC-Specifications-for-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator

6 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

that your CPU is below the minimum specifications doesn’t help

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013463459-Minimum-Recommended-and-Ideal-PC-Specifications-for-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator

Not really, the i7 3770 is much better than the i5 4460... 

7 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

Not really, the i7 3770 is much better than the i5 4460... 

While that may be true, the CPU is still an older architechture, than required in the minimum specs.

Edited December 28, 20214 yr by anden145

1 hour ago, anden145 said:

While that may be true, the CPU is still an older architechture, than required in the minimum specs.

The IPC difference between Ivy Bridge and Haswell was about 5%, while the presence of hyperthreading in Ivy Bridge i7 accounts for about +20-25% over the i5.

Plus, the max turbo frequency of the i5 4460 was 3.4 GHz and 3.9 GHz for the i7 3770.

The i7 3770 is far superior than the i5 4460. Even if not taken into consideration by MS in 2020 to establish the minimum specs it is clearly the winner.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/7003/the-haswell-review-intel-core-i74770k-i54560k-tested/6

Edited December 28, 20214 yr by MrFuzzy

Isn't there some option in Steam to "verify" the installation / and or files? I think you go into the Steam interface, find the game / sim you are interested in and then there are options to do that verification. It is supposed to check every file is the correct one and resolve any errors in that respect (though I have never had to use it myself).

2 minutes ago, JonP01 said:

Isn't there some option in Steam to "verify" the installation / and or files? I think you go into the Steam interface, find the game / sim you are interested in and then there are options to do that verification. It is supposed to check every file is the correct one and resolve any errors in that respect (though I have never had to use it myself).

Don't do it.

You could go to the location of report.wer file (Users\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_FlightSimulator._745914981866a05d1f739e3bd3f891b655f5c987_0950a464_45c88955-4e1d-4747-a7af-d536298140c0\Report.wer) and open it with like notepad or Wordpad if it is large and see if there is any info in there that may give an indication of what is going on.

9 minutes ago, Phantoms said:

Don't do it.

Why not if it is a brand new installation they are talking about? This is not an installation that is tailored with add-ons that would either confuse the algorithm or stuff up a working installation. It is an out of the box install they are trying to get working in the first place. I don't think any harm can come by it in the OP's situation but if you differ then at least please provide a technical explanation as to why.

18 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

The IPC difference between Ivy Bridge and Haswell was about 5%, while the presence of hyperthreading in Ivy Bridge i7 accounts for about +20-25% over the i5.

Plus, the max turbo frequency of the i5 4460 was 3.4 GHz and 3.9 GHz for the i7 3770.

The i7 3770 is far superior than the i5 4460. Even if not taken into consideration by MS in 2020 to establish the minimum specs it is clearly the winner.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/7003/the-haswell-review-intel-core-i74770k-i54560k-tested/6

For God's Sake - I'm NOT debating whether or not, the Core i7 Ivy Bridge is SUPERIOR to a Core i5 Haswell Bridge!! All I'm saying, is that the architecture is different (it's older!), which is why it fails to meet the requirements of MSFS, as they REQUIRE (when it comes to Intel CPU's) a 4th-gen CPU at minumum.

Had a typo in my last reply.  Correct location of the .wer file is:  C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_FlightSimulator._745914981866a05d1f739e3bd3f891b655f5c987_0950a464_45c88955-4e1d-4747-a7af-d536298140c0\Report.wer

3 minutes ago, JonP01 said:

Why not if it is a brand new installation they are talking about? This is not an installation that is tailored with add-ons that would either confuse the algorithm or stuff up a working installation. It is an out of the box install they are trying to get working in the first place. I don't think any harm can come by it in the OP's situation but if you differ then at least please provide a technical explanation as to why.

According to reports on the Steam MSFS forums, using "verify files" deletes the entire MSFS install.

I'm sorry I don't have a link, but you can find using Google with:  Steam MSFS verify files   

12 minutes ago, JonP01 said:

Why not if it is a brand new installation they are talking about? This is not an installation that is tailored with add-ons that would either confuse the algorithm or stuff up a working installation. It is an out of the box install they are trying to get working in the first place. I don't think any harm can come by it in the OP's situation but if you differ then at least please provide a technical explanation as to why.

verifying the integrity deletes all the files downloaded by the sim, so he would need to redownload them, unless he backs them up first.

Edited December 28, 20214 yr by Tuskin38