MSFS Settings Lost

[mikeymike 366]

offensive initials not allowed is going on?

i have just fired up pc and msfs and all my settings were reverted to default.

 

thanks

mike

[TrevorS 54]

That,s why I write mine all down or/and take a photo.

[JBDB-MD80 1,480]

Should you not take your frustrations to the official forums? Microsoft or Asobo don't visit these forums.

[cianpars 1,172]

Happened to me so many times, I know them off by heart now.  The most annoying thing is that nobody seems to know why this happens and that MS obviously know about it and don't do anything.

[mikeymike 366]

I am furious , i have spent many hrs configuring to my liking.

[MarcG 3,029]

12 minutes ago, JBDB-MD80 said:

Should you not take your frustrations to the official forums? Microsoft or Asobo don't visit these forums.

Pointless doing that, this issue has affected people since release and they've not fixed it, here's one such thread from 2020....

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/msfs-reset-everything-back-to-default/

[Christopher Low 5,379]

Is there a config file located somewhere with all of this information stored in it? If so, I would like to back it up. I can totally understand how annoyed Mike is regarding this. The settings menus in MSFS have way too many options, and they can be frustrating at the best of times. Having to reset everything from scratch is an option that I would prefer to avoid.

[reecemj 151]

1 hour ago, mikeymike said:

offensive initials not allowed is going on?

i have just fired up pc and msfs and all my settings were reverted to default.

 

thanks

mike

I do understand your frustration Mike. There should be some backup file. This in the cloud settings is not reliable. 

[mikeymike 366]

If I were to do a system restore to yesterday will my settings be back to where they were ?

 

thanks 

mike 

[Ixoye 1,832]

11 minutes ago, mikeymike said:

If I were to do a system restore to yesterday will my settings be back to where they were ?

 

thanks 

mike 

Your settings are stored in the cloud, try logging out of your XBOX account and logging in again, then maybe the settings will be restored, just a thought.

Edited January 21 by Ixoye

[mikeymike 366]

2 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

Your settings are stored in the cloud, try logging out of your XBOX account and logging in again, then maybe the settings will be restored, just a thought.

Thank you 

i will have to test .

mike

[MDFlier 2,031]

21 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

Your settings are stored in the cloud, try logging out of your XBOX account and logging in again, then maybe the settings will be restored, just a thought.

Yeah... Whenever that happens to me, that's what I do.

Sometimes, I just reboot because it's faster than logging in and out of Xbox but it doesn't always work.

Edited January 21 by MDFlier

[micstatic 4,338]

edited title to keep this constructive

[Cognita 1,110]

Yes, this has probably happened to most of us at one point or another; it is a known issue I am just prepared for now. I have had it happen 3 times I think, but only once did all the settings revert. Logging in and out does generally bring them back as the settings are stored in the cloud and sometimes the data does not sync when MSFS connects to the server. I have learned to just keep track of the settings so that if it happens I can quickly adjust them. 

[sd_flyer 6,073]

Your MSFS setting are stored on the cloud. I would check if there windows updates .If update is required so update windows (its known for causing all kind of online problem when update is pending). Next check if xbox upp is app to date. After that log out of xbox app restart computer and log in again. Start MSFS see if your setting have beet retrieved from the cloud

Edited January 21 by sd_flyer