I’ve seen in various topics that you should do A and B before updating. Like deleting some files and such. Can someone help me out and list those things before I update and where I can find those certain files, please?

I have MS store version. 

Edited April 28, 20224 yr by Bdub22

If u have steam version I always rename Community folder, for ex. Community.old

The update will create another Community folder auto matically.

After the update always reboot the computer.

Also when running the update, try not to run other programs.  Just a few tips and hopefully everything goes fine.

I usually remove most addons from the community folder (Just leave navigraph using addon linker) and clear rolling cache before closing the sim, and restarting. go directly to the Xbox app, and download the first part. Once that's done, i then launch the sim, and it will kick into the rest of the update itself on launch. That just leaves the various files in the content manager to update.

MS Store version

No specific steps done here. I grab the updated MSFS launcher from MS Store, start MSFS, goto content manager and update what is offered there. Always worked. YMMV

MS Store version

I dont have much trouble with the store version updates - I dont do anything special folder wise - but I do reboot after every update - just feels like when I don't I have more performance issues until I do.

Removing or renaming the community folder is not necessary. Asobo's wording is not very good when mentioning this which causes a lot of confusion. We know that whenever we run an update it may break some of our addons. This is nothing new, we've been dealing with this for years and years. So if you update the sim and have problems with crashing, simply remove addons from your community folder as one may need to be updated for in this case SU9 compatibility.

All I do, and I've done this from the beginning is open the Microsoft Store, click Get Updates and let it do its thing. When that is done, I run MSFS and let it do its update. When that is done I go to the Content Manager and look for additional updates there. I restart the sim when everything is done. That is all. No need to over complicate this.

1. Check windows update - reboot if anything critical.

 2. Install any store updates for Xbox and store app - reboot if any.

3.  Open Addon linker - disable all.

4. Backup my modded .cfg files from planes.

5. Go to store or xbox app and update sim, then to content mgr for any there.

6. Shut down sim, re-enable addons via linker. 

7. Start sim, make sure grandkids aren't present and begin to utter things that would make a sailor blush. 

1. Go to Windows Store

2. Check "Updates"

3. Start the update process

4. Be sure to point the installer to the correct location

5. Download updates from the Content Manager (or store for World Updates)

6. Done

Leave the community folder alone.

Never erased anything from Community and never had a single problem with an update other than the bugs it brings 🙂

MFS updates are usually smooth as silk in my side. And fast !

Don't do anything. Never had an issue.