December 22, 20232 yr Had first opportunity to load MSFS in a week or so and was greeted with a required update. Performed the update, but now MSFS hangs on initial startup. Tried to eliminate the Community folder by re-naming the folder, but the computer will no longer allow me to rename the Community folder. It insists that there is a folder or file in the community folder that is in use. Even after multiple complete re-starts of the computer, it still insists that there is a file or folder in the community folder that is in use. I scanned Task Manager but I do not see any thing that is obviously associated with anything found in the community folder. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to determine exactly what in the Community folder is preventing it from being renamed, or any other steps I should try to restore MSFS to working status? Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
December 22, 20232 yr Sounds like a file handle got left in the locked state. If you know the name of the locked file or folder, you can use either Sysinternals process explorer or IOBits file unlocker (both freeware) to force the OS to unlock a stuck file handle. To identify the stuck file, I think if you try to move the contents of the community folder to a backup folder, it should move everything over except the problem file. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
December 22, 20232 yr If there is really a open file in there, and it is still open even after a restart, than it must be something that is starting automatically with Windows, like Rex Seasons or something. If in a hurry you could start Windows in Safe Mode which should allow you to rename the file but I recommend to follow Bob's suggestions to find out what is going on. Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
December 22, 20232 yr I recommend that you using AddOnLinker from now on, that program has an option that check all add-ons if they are compatible with the game, I use that every time I add some new files and have never had any problems after that. System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
December 22, 20232 yr Do you have MSFS installed on a separate drive to the OS? The reason I ask is because I have MSFS installed on the D:/ drive, and I ended up with two community folders (one on the D:/ drive, and one on the C:/ drive in the Users/(Username)/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages folder). If this is the case, check to make sure that you do not have stuff installed in this folder on the C:/ drive. Edited December 22, 20232 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
December 29, 20232 yr Author I finally had an opportunity to look into this issue again, and I have solved it. THANK YOU everyone for the suggestions. The issue ended up being the FlyByWire simbridge file that was stuck and not allowing me to rename the Community folder... >I recommend that you using AddOnLinker from now on... I actually do use AddOnLinker, but some file install routines will install themselves into Community, and typically when they do I have just allowed them to stay there. I had already disabled everything in the AddOnLinker folder. I probably should have mentioned that. >To identify the stuck file, I think if you try to move the contents of the community folder to a backup folder This is actually how I identified the stuck FlyByWire file, by moving files one at a time from Community over to the AddOnLinkers remote folder, until I found the one that would not move (Hint here for others who may face a similar issue in the future) >If in a hurry you could start Windows in Safe Mode... I actually tried that, but it seems that Win10 doesn't follow the old "Hold F8 on boot for Safe Mode" philosophy, it will boot normal all day long with F8 held down. I need to figure out how to enter SafeMode with Win10. Hummmmm... Anyways everyone, than you again for your suggestions 🙂 Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
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