Stuck on "Checking for updates..."

[Humble Jim]

Manually syncing time didn't have any effect for me on my Win11 kit. 

I fired up Windows Store this afternoon, headed to Apps and got all the pending updates.  Lots of them, many with no particular relation to MSFS.  I tend to do this just before an MSFS app update but thought I'd give it a go for this issue.

Thereafter all good! My hunch is that there was one or more interdependencies between some modules that had got out of step with each other.

Or maybe someone just fixed things server side.  Who knows...anyhow happy to be back in the air 😀.

 

 

Edited June 15, 2024 by Humble Jim

[Sky_Pilot071]

17 minutes ago, Humble Jim said:

Manually syncing time didn't have any effect for me on my Win11 kit. 

I fired up Windows Store this afternoon, headed to Apps and got all the pending updates.  Lots of them, many with no particular relation to MSFS.  I tend to do this just before an MSFS app update but thought I'd give it a go for this issue.

Thereafter all good! My hunch is that there was one or more interdependencies between some modules that had got out of step with each other.

Or maybe someone just fixed things server side.  Who knows...anyhow happy to be back in the air 😀.

 

 

I do this and Windows updates every day.

sp

[Bobsk8]

1 minute ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

I do this and Windows updates every day.

sp

Using PCs since the mid 80's  Never have done that  once.  

[fppilot]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Using PCs since the mid 80's  Never have done that  once.  

Same here.  i have had this issue three times in the past week, and none in the almost four years since release.  Way too many enthusasts reporting this in the past week to ten days for it to be an individual issue on every one of the affected systems.  I am simply closing MSFS from Task Manager and restarting.  It has restarted just fine each time other than greeting me with the Safe or Normal boot dialog.  I just start normally.

Late yesterday I logged out of both the xBox app and the MS Store app and logged back in to both.  Have only flown twice since then so too early make any claims or suggestions.

I am absolutely thrilled to see that so far none of the posts in this topic recommend reinstalling Windows from scratch and then reinstalling MSFS. 🙄

Edited June 15, 2024 by fppilot

[Sky_Pilot071]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Using PCs since the mid 80's  Never have done that  once.  

Gaming Services and XBox App are in there.

Just want to keep MSFS happy.

sp

Edited June 15, 2024 by Sky_Pilot071

[Fielder]

On 5/5/2024 at 12:36 PM, seamaster55 said:

Aerofly fs4 starts in seven seconds supposedly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkuF2IwWrpo

😉

It also has native VR which works with almost no loss of fps compared to 2D, and is more stable and far less hassle in VR. What it doesn't have is any traffic, vehicles, people, almost nothing moves except the scenery. But the VR is far better than MSFS.

[Fielder]

On 5/5/2024 at 12:36 PM, seamaster55 said:

Aerofly fs4 starts in seven seconds supposedly:

 

😉

It also has native VR which works with almost no loss of fps compared to 2D, and is more stable and far less hassle in VR. What it doesn't have is any traffic, vehicles, people, almost nothing moves except the scenery. But the VR is far better than MSFS.

[GSalden]

This morning both MSFS pc’s are hanging on the Checking for Updates screen.

Even signing out/in in both the MSFS Store and XBox Live does not solve it anymore 

Will shut everything down and try again later today.

[sonny147]

same here been going on and off for a few days now

[GSalden]

Working again 

[pblind]

Got it working by deleting one random folder here:
C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore

[MarcG]

Sign into this, sign into that, delete this file, delete that file, change this setting, change that setting....all to just load a computer game, what a convoluted mess this can be when it doesn't work properly eh!?!

[banjoman1960]

you can do wat you want,or nothing............sometime it start.......sometime not.

i do nothing now,and most i win the gamble😉

only check if im log in x-box and store app if the sim not start or give some of this stupid messages😁

Edited June 16, 2024 by banjoman1960

[sonny147]

Just now, banjoman1960 said:

you can do wat you want,or nothing............sometime it start.......sometime not.

i do nothing now,and most i win the gample😉

only check if im log in x-box and store app if the sim not start or give some of this stupid messages😁

XBOX !

[banjoman1960]

xbox app

 

Edited June 16, 2024 by banjoman1960