May 29, 20233 yr From inside my running copy of MSFS2020, the Marketplace shows I own Premium Deluxe upgrade. However if I go to the Microsoft Store and sign in it doesn't show I own either the Standard or the Premium Deluxe version. It just shows "Buy..." I am trying to install MSFS2020 on a new PC I just built and assumed the MS Store would just reinstall to a new location but I guess not. So, how do you get MS to install the sim without buying it again? I'm not trying to get 2 copies, I will uninstall from the old PC when the new install is up and running. Thanks
May 29, 20233 yr I would guess you need to uninstall the original copy first, then add to the new PC. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
May 29, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, dougfir said: However if I go to the Microsoft Store and sign in it doesn't show I own either the Standard or the Premium Deluxe version. In the MS Store, select Library (bottom left corner), then Games.. what does it show? This is assuming that you are signing on with the same account ID as when you bought the program. Bert
May 29, 20233 yr Author Yes Bert, sort of. I remembered when I bought the game through the Microsoft Store it had me install the XBox App ( even though I don't have an XBox) So now I opened the XBox app and indeed it showed I owned the basic, deluxe, and Premium versions. I have cloned my old MSFS2020 drive to a new drive on my new system. I selected Install to the new drive. At first the install took about 1 minute since it found all the standard version files existed. Then it came to the Deluxe and Premium upgrades and I could not stop it from updating those files. Problem is, it is downloading all of those files as if they don't exist so this will take awhile as you all know. I believe as you have posted to someone else I probably should have just left the new drive blank and started from zero. Oh well, we shall see what happens next, sometime tomorrow at least. Thanks, I shall report back.
May 29, 20233 yr Author Conclusion Well, it all worked, just not exactly as I thought. I presumed the reinstall would not re-copy existing files but it did anyway. As I said the new drive was an exact clone of the original. I pointed the install to the new (cloned) drive and away it went - copied every file again, took hours. Obviously what I was trying to avoid in the first place. Bottom line, I have MSFS2020 working on the new build. Thanks for watching. John
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