3 hours ago, Lange_666 said:

Just wondering why the borders around the various parts on your app are closed on both sides and mine are open on the right side except for General which has a full closed border? Info: it's been like that since way back, just really started to notice it with dark mode because it stands out more then light theme.

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This is usually because you have set the custom text size in Windows settings to anything other than the default left setting:

Instead, I strongly recommend you use the Windows Scaling setting below instead, which does play nicely with the app per my app screenshot above (which is actually with 225% scaling for my 85" 4K TV), and IMO scales everything in Windows much better anyway.

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Edited September 17Sep 17 by Reset XPDR
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On 9/13/2026 at 7:09 PM, MarcG said:

Working perfectly, many thanks 😊

Edit: oh and the Folder Location addition for Add-On Linker is also working fine and very much welcomed

No worries!

Re the custom Community folder locations, I have discovered a minor issue where it can result in you having the widget installed in your new custom Community folder but not delete the one in your default Community folder should you have originally installed it there. It does not affect operation of the app, but it is untidy to have two widget install locations and may cause conflict with symlinks (none reported so far) so I will issue a fix that can differentiate between symlinks and real folders and only delete the latter in RC3 tomorrow when back at my dev PC.

52 minutes ago, Reset XPDR said:

This is usually because you have set the custom text size in Windows settings to anything other than the default left setting:

Instead, I strongly recommend you use the Windows Scaling setting below instead, which does play nicely with the app per my app screenshot above (which is actually with 225% scaling for my 85" 4K TV), and IMO scales everything in Windows much better anyway.

Mmm, i doubt that is the case for the border problem.
I have both the custom text size in Windows (default on left) and and the Windows Scaling Setting at default (100% recommended). Playing around with anything else then the already default i use does not change the borders of the app, it only changes the text and makes the app even look worse. Text is than way to big and falls even out of the app window on the right hand side.

Edited September 17Sep 17 by Lange_666

1 hour ago, Lange_666 said:

Mmm, i doubt that is the case for the border problem.
I have both the custom text size in Windows (default on left) and and the Windows Scaling Setting at default (100% recommended). Playing around with anything else then the already default i use does not change the borders of the app, it only changes the text and makes the app even look worse. Text is than way to big and falls even out of the app window on the right hand side.

Well there is some scaling thing going on with the text in your app, as it is larger than it should be with default scaling, perhaps with your shortcut properties or some other Windows app affecting text scaling.

I will investigate further when back at my dev PC tomorrow.

I finally installed the latest RC today and did a flight with it and it was flawless. Love the dark mode and the widget. I recued the widget's height once and that was it. Thank you!

Can you please remind us where we can donate/buy you a coffee?

Updated to RC2 and had a (glorious) flight over South NZ, in game app worked perfectly.

One thing though @Reset XPDR and I'm not sure if this is to do with your app or my windows install (can't recall seeing this mentioned before), but whenever I do an update I get the following error message, any ideas?

(excuse the link, not my picture)

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fbroken-motherboard-v0-6p7vaicn698f1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D993%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D85ed9a8847ffd0280e63da964d2576390356e41c

Edited September 17Sep 17 by MarcG

3 hours ago, xsever said:

I finally installed the latest RC today and did a flight with it and it was flawless. Love the dark mode and the widget. I recued the widget's height once and that was it. Thank you!

Can you please remind us where we can donate/buy you a coffee?

You are welcome!. The only thing I like users to donate is their feedback when I ask for it, otherwise I just do this for the love of the flight simulation hobby and to keep learning how to code new features and solve support mysteries.

1 hour ago, MarcG said:

Updated to RC2 and had a (glorious) flight over South NZ, in game app worked perfectly.

One thing though @Reset XPDR and I'm not sure if this is to do with your app or my windows install (can't recall seeing this mentioned before), but whenever I do an update I get the following error message, any ideas?

(excuse the link, not my picture)

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fbroken-motherboard-v0-6p7vaicn698f1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D993%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D85ed9a8847ffd0280e63da964d2576390356e41c

No you should not see that error any time, never mind every time. I shall add it to the investigation list! 😄

Edit: It would be helpful if you can tell me the exact point in the installation process that this error occurs eg. what is the last thing in the scrollable install log window.

Edited September 17Sep 17 by Reset XPDR

1 hour ago, Reset XPDR said:

No you should not see that error any time, never mind every time. I shall add it to the investigation list! 😄

Edit: It would be helpful if you can tell me the exact point in the installation process that this error occurs eg. what is the last thing in the scrollable install log window.

@MarcG , never mind about telling me the installation stage as this error is actually coming from your Windows Notepad installation, not AutoFPS.

At the end of an update, AutoFPS asks Windows to open Release Notes.txt in Notepad. On Windows 11, modern Notepad is a Microsoft Store app that relies on the Windows App SDK (Microsoft.UI.Windowing.Core.dll). When that system dependency becomes corrupted in Windows, launching Notepad throws that error.

You can test this yourself: press Win + R, type notepad, and hit Enter - you will get the exact same error without AutoFPS running.

To fix it on your PC:

1. Open Windows Settings > Apps > Installed apps.

2. Find Notepad, click the three dots (...) and select Advanced options.

3. Click Repair (or Reset).

4. Alternatively, open the Microsoft Store, go to Library, and update or reinstall Windows Notepad.

Once Notepad is repaired in Windows, the release notes will open normally after updates!

Is there any way (when in-Sim or in the app) to see the current version of the widget - or if it needs updating?

10 hours ago, Reset XPDR said:

Well there is some scaling thing going on with the text in your app, as it is larger than it should be with default scaling, perhaps with your shortcut properties or some other Windows app affecting text scaling.

I will investigate further when back at my dev PC tomorrow.

@Lange_666 , I've reworked app scaling in RC3 so that it now behaves with border sizing within the app window. Here is a side-by-side before and after screenshot with Windows text scaling at 120%:



Please give this version a try and let me know if that now resolves it for you.

For anyone else updating to RC3 that does not use Windows text scaling and the app borders pre-RC2 did display correctly, which should be most users, please let me know if there are any new UI layout issues with RC3 that may have been inadvertently introduced with this text scaling fix. FWIW, on my two systems with no Windows text scaling (but with Windows display scaling), the app window is behaving as it always has pre-RC2.

32 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Is there any way (when in-Sim or in the app) to see the current version of the widget - or if it needs updating?

The app checks for widget existence and does a version check against the app version on startup and logs the result. If there is a mismatch, you will see the following message, which I triggered by manually changing the widget version to 1.1.0 in the installed widget's manifest.json:

2026-09-18 09:46:52.877 [INF] [ App:OnStartup                    ] In-Game Widget v1.2.0 for MSFS 2020 and v1.1.0 for MSFS 2024 detected 
2026-09-18 09:46:52.877 [WRN] [ App:OnStartup                    ] In-Game Widget version mismatch detected in MSFS 2024 (Expected: v1.2.0). Aborting startup. 

ie. the app won't let you have an outdated widget version, so IMO no need to show the widget version or advise of update, except in the case of a mismatch which it currently does.

Excellent - many thanks!

UPDATE: RC3 installed with no problems. Also: I never had the font size cutoff thing, but just to say my window remains perfect with RC3 :)

Edited September 18Sep 18 by Adamski_NZ

6 hours ago, Reset XPDR said:

@MarcG , never mind about telling me the installation stage as this error is actually coming from your Windows Notepad installation, not AutoFPS.

At the end of an update, AutoFPS asks Windows to open Release Notes.txt in Notepad. On Windows 11, modern Notepad is a Microsoft Store app that relies on the Windows App SDK (Microsoft.UI.Windowing.Core.dll). When that system dependency becomes corrupted in Windows, launching Notepad throws that error.

You can test this yourself: press Win + R, type notepad, and hit Enter - you will get the exact same error without AutoFPS running.

To fix it on your PC:

1. Open Windows Settings > Apps > Installed apps.

2. Find Notepad, click the three dots (...) and select Advanced options.

3. Click Repair (or Reset).

4. Alternatively, open the Microsoft Store, go to Library, and update or reinstall Windows Notepad.

Once Notepad is repaired in Windows, the release notes will open normally after updates!

Awesome many thanks I'll look into it later