After opting out of the "preview" beta, I updated via MS Store after being prompted to do so in MSFS2020. However, after performing this mandatory update and restarting FS2020 I again am being prompted to update. Have been doing so lots of times now, but keep looping in this "there is a mandatory new update available". How to get out of this issue? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Had same issue. Re-booted my computer and it worked.

I had issues either, ended up reinstalling MSFS the first time. Got 10GB out of 115Gb in 25 min.

6 minutes ago, Barnes said:

Had same issue. Re-booted my computer and it worked.

Seems to work here as well. At least I now got past this dreaded "new update available" window 🙂 

Thanks a lot. 

1 minute ago, hvw said:

Seems to work here as well. At least I now got past this dreaded "new update available" window 🙂 

Thanks a lot. 

Glad it worked.

This happened to me as well. First reboot didn't fix it. Hoping the second one did.

Just now, Swe_Richard said:

This happened to me as well. First reboot didn't fix it. Hoping the second one did.

I do hope it will work for you, too. I just couldn't imagine having to reinstall the entire shebang again. Would have cost me most of the day. Wishing you good luck.

Just now, hvw said:

I do hope it will work for you, too. I just couldn't imagine having to reinstall the entire shebang again. Would have cost me most of the day. Wishing you good luck.

Thank you. It seems like it is working. However one oddity almost flew past me. As it wanted to install update from within the sim I noticed it pointed to the wrong location of my install. Luckily I noticed this and pointed it in the right direction. 

1 minute ago, Swe_Richard said:

Thank you. It seems like it is working. However one oddity almost flew past me. As it wanted to install update from within the sim I noticed it pointed to the wrong location of my install. Luckily I noticed this and pointed it in the right direction. 

If not for bad luck, we wouldn't have any luck at all 🙂 Seriously, I'm glad that it worked for you, too. All these updates really are exciting, aren't they? Every time a new (unpleasant) surprise. Ha' det bra.

Mine was stuck on part 64/70 and I had to kill it.

Then went to the Official folder and deleted a "part" file.

Now downloading 8 GB..

Edit: And the 8 GB download completed successfully.  This is a frustrating experience  😬

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by Bert Pieke

7 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Mine was stuck on part 64/70 and I had to kill it.

Then went to the Official folder and deleted a "part" file.

Now downloading 8 GB..

It's a real hassle, isn't it? 8 GB is doable, but I saw myself downloading the entire simulator. When I installed it in 2020 it took me about 8 hours. (I installed off DVDs).

18 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Mine was stuck on part 64/70 and I had to kill it.

Then went to the Official folder and deleted a "part" file.

Now downloading 8 GB..

Keep us posted Bert… not home for a few more hours… hopefully you’ll be updated by then.

I’m consistently surprised by how convoluted each update can be… from a company that pushes hundreds of millions of auto-updates annually…. there’s something fishy in Denmark!

C

 

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by cavaricooper

36 minutes ago, cavaricooper said:

I’m consistently surprised by how convoluted each update can be… from a company that pushes hundreds of millions of auto-updates annually…. there’s something fishy in Denmark!

This is not Microsoft at their best..

The MSFS patching process is crappy, buggy, and unpredictable.

The download size and progress indicators are all off and you have no idea if this is going to work.

As a user, you are left powerless.. not a good user experience, for sure.

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by Bert Pieke

as you say, not their finest hour…. Lmk- headed home in a couple of hours to plunge once more into the breech….

C

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

Edit: And the 8 GB download completed successfully.  This is a frustrating experience

Congrats. What will happen with next update? What kind of surprise is awaiting us then? Let's not think about it 🙂