Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
jrw4

Easy way to create MSFS desktop shortcut

Recommended Posts

Forgive me if this has been posted previously, but I noticed today that when the XBOX app had been updated, there was what seemed like a ridiculously easy way of creating an MSFS desktop shortcut that I hadn't known about. 

  • After starting the XBOX app, its windows goes dark until (I'm just guessing here) it updates and reinstalls itself.
  • It then presents its "home" window in which "Microsoft Flight Simulator" should appear in the side bar on the left.
  • Hover the mouse above those words, and click on the three vertical dots which appear
  • Click on those dots and a dropdown menu appears, one item of which is "Create desktop shortcut"
  • Go on, you know you want to do it. Click on that item.

Voila, you get a brand spanking new MSFS desktop item, which seems to work fine.

Cheers.

  • Like 1

John Wiesenfeld KPBI | FAA PPL/SEL/IFR in a galaxy long ago and far away | VATSIM PILOT P2

i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4 3.6 GHz, MSI RTX 3070ti, Dell 4K monitor

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Used that too in the past.... But I dropped xBox and only used the Store after SU10..


Main Simulation Rig:

Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, 1 TB & 500 GB M.2 nvme drives, Win11.

Glider pilot since 1980...

Avid simmer since 1992...

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

  • Tom Allensworth,
    Founder of AVSIM Online


  • Flight Simulation's Premier Resource!

    AVSIM is a free service to the flight simulation community. AVSIM is staffed completely by volunteers and all funds donated to AVSIM go directly back to supporting the community. Your donation here helps to pay our bandwidth costs, emergency funding, and other general costs that crop up from time to time. Thank you for your support!

    Click here for more information and to see all donations year to date.
×
×
  • Create New...