8 hours ago, Scott Miller said:

Hey, guys, unfortunately. The uninstall/reinstall did not work.  Any ideas?

Did you try running the sim as admin? It fixed this problem for some people.

 

You could also try this:

1- Close down FS.

2- Go to the folder Packages/Official. (Same directory that has the Community folder, but go into Official instead). Delete any incomplete .fspatch files at the bottom.

3- Relaunch FS. The sim should begin downloading again from where it left off.

Edited May 29, 20233 yr by Alvega

13 hours ago, Scott Miller said:

Hey, guys, unfortunately. The uninstall/reinstall did not work.  Any ideas?

Did you ever use the Google scenery mod?

If you did do what Bert mentioned and failed to shut the app off properly before closing it or uninstalling it then go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc   Right click on the "hosts" file and open with notepad.  Delete the two entries  

127.0.0.1 kh.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 khstorelive.azureedge.net

 

I've tried all the suggestion none of which worked unfortunately.  MSFS is still stuck in "checking for updates" mode.

Tried to reinstall MSFS  over itself but Microsoft Store wouldn't allow it.  Uninstalling MSFS doesn't actually removes MSFS from one's compter.  It only removes it from the list of installed software.  You can reinstall it ONLY from the Microsoft Store and only takes about 20 minutes which only restores  MSFS to the software menu.  I originally installed MSFAS from 10 dvd discs which took at least 10 hours.  I want to  remove MSFS completely from my PC and reinstall it from scratch....

1 hour ago, Scott Miller said:

I want to  remove MSFS completely from my PC and reinstall it from scratch....

Find the "Official" folder and delete it.

Have you tried updating from the Xbox Windows app ?

You can also uninstall from that app.

Finally, back in business.  There were some files in the OneStore folder that was causing the problem.Once I  removed them the update manager worked properly.

This bug is solved in the current beta already, see https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/aircraft-avionics-update-2-beta-release-notes-1-33-5-0/592560

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Scott Miller said:

Finally, back in business.  There were some files in the OneStore folder that was causing the problem.Once I  removed them the update manager worked properly.

Would you please provide additional details?  Might help others.  Filenames or file types?  How to identify.

4 hours ago, Scott Miller said:

Finally, back in business.  There were some files in the OneStore folder that was causing the problem.Once I  removed them the update manager worked properly.

Post the steps you took to resolve the problem and post in the MSFS Tips And Tricks forum. It will then be locked and available to all users.

Ok, here's how I solved the problem:

1:  I googled "how to completely uninstall MSFS from my computer".

2.  One of the solutions that came back said to rename the Community folder to "Test_Community" and run MSFS.  This did not fix the problem.

3. Next I renamed the OneStore folder "Test_OneStore" and this DID fix the problem.  I got the normal Update Manager window that included an update to be installed.

4.  Before installing the update I attempted to track down  the specific file or files in the OneStore folder that were causing the problem by renaming each folder, one at a time, top to bottom dated 3/24/23 (the date when an update got interrupted accidentally causing MSFS to get stuck in the "Checking for updates" window) adding ".tmp" to each file and then running MAFS.  I got to the 12th file when I got the normal MSFS Update Manager.  I left these files renamed with ".tmp" and ran the update.  MSFS has  been running normally since then.  It wasn't necessary to remove the ".tmp" because MSFS generated new files to replace them.

5. Before closing MSFS and restarting it to confirm that the problem was fixed I used Content Manager to update any file with a pending update.

6. MSFS is now running normally.

 

Sorry, can someone move this to the Tips and Tricks forum?

 

 

Edited May 31, 20233 yr by Scott Miller

4 hours ago, Scott Miller said:

Sorry, can someone move this to the Tips and Tricks forum?

I see you posted this info there. Now visible and locked. 👍

I had this problem yesterday. After some studying I removed the ATR updated folders and the sim is starting up again.