Good day everyone,

I've had MSFS (Steam version) installed on my system almost since it was released. Like many of you, I have tons of addons and numerous tweaks (many of which I've lost track of.) Lately, I've been getting a lot of CTDs which of course could be coming from a myriad of sources. Instead of searching for a needle in the haystack, I'm going to uninstall and start over fresh. My question is this: After uninstalling through Steam, will there be remnants remaining on my drive that I'll need to manually delete? I know this will be a long weekend project, but I only want to do it once 🙂  Thanks in advance! 

 

There may still be stuff in "%AppData%\Microsoft Flight Simulator"

However, clearing that completely will delete your logbook and tracked hours.

Edited April 14, 20233 yr by Tuskin38

I would try flying without anything in your community folder first and see what happens. 

No - don't uninstall the game, as it may well delete components, files etc.. that you need - but don't know about. If you're bent on a re-install - get Revo Unistaller and do it with that - after it does a backup of what you're going to do, You''l be surprised at the number of files and registry entries an un-installation will take out. Far better to just do what @Bobsk8 says above, then use the file verification function of the Steam Client. Launch the client, select Library, then put the pointer on the game, then rt-clk: choose "Properties"->"Local Files"->"Verify Integrity of game files". Once that's done, reboot. Then launch the game to see what it looks like. You can then re-add your favourites addons one by one - maybe using Addons Linker, if you wish.

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

However, clearing that completely will delete your logbook and tracked hours.

My logbook stopped recording hours ages ago stuck at 943 hours when in reality have probably 2500 hours.  Is there anything I can to do reenable logging?  It was only 4 months ago or so I did a complete wipe of Win 10 and reinstalled everything.

Check that you're not running in Dev Mode.

Also, if you do reinstall you are in a a looooooooooong re-download.

I ended up doing the reinstall. Yeah the DL was pretty lengthy but was anticipated. However, with just the generic sim installed and no addons...still getting CTDs 😂😂😂 Ah well, nothing lost but time!

32 minutes ago, Starlifter60 said:

I ended up doing the reinstall. Yeah the DL was pretty lengthy but was anticipated. However, with just the generic sim installed and no addons...still getting CTDs 😂😂😂 Ah well, nothing lost but time!

are you using nvidia filters? it seems it is broken and causing CTD. 

There's a good read on Nvidia version issues a few pages further back:  

Edit: If you don't know this one already - you might also run cmd.exe (as admin), and then run sfc /scannow    It will find and fix a lot of file system errors.

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by Paul J

3 hours ago, Starlifter60 said:

I ended up doing the reinstall. Yeah the DL was pretty lengthy but was anticipated. However, with just the generic sim installed and no addons...still getting CTDs 😂😂😂 Ah well, nothing lost but time!

If you have a lot of add-ons you are running, it's likely one of the add-ons that is giving you a CTD. And most likely an add-on that is not compatible with SU 12.

The easiest way to troubleshoot this is to use AddOn Linker. You can search for AddOn Linker at flightsim.to.  AddOn Linker allows you to disable/enable the add-ons you will use for MSFS, for that session of MSFS that you launch.  Specifically, AddOn Linker can empty your entire Community folder with a quick press of a button, or it can enable specific add-ons that you want for that session, also with a few clicks.  So you can use AddOn Linker, to test your add-ons, until you isolate the add-on that is causing the CTD.

Vanilla MSFS without any add-ons is pretty stable these days and unless your computer has inherent instabilities (which I had with overclocked RAM until I figured it out), or you are pushing MSFS beyond the capabilities of your computer's hardware, MSFS shouldn't crash on you that often.

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by abrams_tank

10 hours ago, Paul J said:

There's a good read on Nvidia version issues a few pages further back:  

Edit: If you don't know this one already - you might also run cmd.exe (as admin), and then run sfc /scannow    It will find and fix a lot of file system errors.

thanks for remind me, this is something i do from time to time, maybe helps ...

the issue is long time there , is a Sim bug in combination with driver and seems very strange ...

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/warning-your-graphics-device-has-encountered-a-problem/541301/2530?page=16

Yep: driver version is a biggee: could well be linked to DLSS, GPU incompatibilities, Nvidia Inspector settings, if it's installed. I also don't trust Nvidia Experience, nor their other accessories.

They at least working on it the last 6 ...months

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/6422969348508--Your-graphics-device-has-encountered-a-problem-and-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-will-exit-error-message

22 hours ago, Starlifter60 said:

I ended up doing the reinstall. Yeah the DL was pretty lengthy but was anticipated. However, with just the generic sim installed and no addons...still getting CTDs 😂😂😂 Ah well, nothing lost but time!

Another data point for you -- I've been running nvidia driver 527.56 and it is very stable for my 3080ti.  I don't run GeForce Experience.

I hope you don't have a hardware problem.  I'd disable your XMP/Expo profile as abrams suggests, and then run sim and see if it's stable.  If you still get CTD then download MemTest86.