Hmm, a lot cheaper on CD keys than on Steam here  in South Africa. I wonder if the prices will hold.

6 hours ago, YukonPete said:

 I just cancelled my MS Store order and reordered and activated the PD version. Saved CAD$41  

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-premium-deluxe-edition-xbox-series-x-s-pc-ww

Many thanks Pete , saved €50 for PD version

8 hours ago, hansb57 said:

I bought the Store version and could install some files (about 2 GB)  Prior to installing those files I had the choice to change the install location.

 Below is a screen capture from his video. 

First and foremost, at 53 seconds into the video he clearly states that he has removed 2020 to make room for 2024.  So he is not installing 2024 into a different location than 2020.  He has removed 2020.

Note that changing the Game Install Options in xBox is not just changing the location for an MSFS2024 installation.  It is changing "where this app installs games by default". See the screen capture.  I chose a different location for MSFS2020 and when the pre-install was done it was in that folder. 

Now here is the issue I discovered.  My original MSFS2020 folder no longer exists.  Period.  I find my MSFS 2020 installation is now also in the new MSFS2024 folder.

What appears to happen is that my MSFS2020 folder gets renamed in the process from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024.  MSFS2020 gets redirected, and the MSFS 2024 pre-install is also placed in that folder.  So it seems xbox will only change an install location by changing the default installation folder for all games.

I cannot determine a method to install MSFS 2024 into its own folder without redirecting my MSFS2020 into the same folder.

Here is the screen capture I mentioned:

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Edited November 18, 20241 yr by fppilot

11 hours ago, desbean said:

You can't have different paths for different xbox games unfortunately. You can use this to change default path so that future installs will use the new path.

It transfers my MSFS2020 into the new default folder.  How are you choosing that it changes the default path for only future installs?

25 minutes ago, fppilot said:

 Below is a screen capture from his video. 

First and foremost, at 53 seconds into the video he clearly states that he has removed 2020 to make room for 2024.  So he is not installing 2024 into a different location than 2020.  He has removed 2020.

Note that changing the Game Install Options in xBox is not just changing the location for an MSFS2024 installation.  It is changing "where this app installs games by default". See the screen capture.  I chose a different location for MSFS2020 and when the pre-install was done it was in that folder. 

Now here is the issue I discovered.  My original MSFS2020 folder no longer exists.  Period.  I find my MSFS 2020 installation is now also in the new MSFS2024 folder.

What appears to happen is that my MSFS2020 folder gets renamed in the process from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024.  MSFS2020 gets redirected, and the MSFS 2024 pre-install is also placed in that folder.  So it seems xbox will only change an install location by changing the default installation folder for all games.

I cannot determine a method to install MSFS 2024 into its own folder without redirecting my MSFS2020 into the same folder.

Here is the screen capture I mentioned:

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Why not just install the MSFS2020 main files (the 150gb+ download) in a different folder? That keeps your community folder and MSFS main files where ever you want. 
 

The folder with the executable is really not relevant since it’s both pretty small and you never need to touch files in it - maybe once in a long while to update exe.xml or something. 
 

but this way you want keep your big files on a separate drive and distinct from the games library folder. 

21 minutes ago, JonathanC said:

Why not just install the MSFS2020 main files (the 150gb+ download) in a different folder? That keeps your community folder and MSFS main files where ever you want. 

OK. Been quite a while since the most recent time I reinstalled 2020.  Do you select the main files destination during the release-day installation process?

16 hours ago, edpatino said:

Conclusion (for me): don't be in a hurry to install MSFS 2024.

Installing 2024 doesn't mean necessary uninstalling 2020.

Count pebbles in 2024. Fly in 2020!

1 minute ago, Vitold69 said:

Installing 2024 doesn't mean necessary uninstalling 2020.

Count pebbles in 2024. Fly in 2020!

Absolutely. I've already cleaned up a SSD drive to be ready to install MSFS 2024 when the proper time comes, and, hopefully it'll only eat 30 GB according to what MS is saying.

SSD are cheap now. What's the problem???

1 hour ago, fppilot said:

It transfers my MSFS2020 into the new default folder.  How are you choosing that it changes the default path for only future installs?

I did same process as you from what I can see but 2020 wasn’t moved. But since it moved yours and you want to keep it I would go back and specify the original 2020 location, and then if given the option specify a different folder for 2024 when it installs. Make that folder before you install so that you can choose it. It is a screwed up process. When I installed 2020 I was allowed to specify a drive but not a folder, it had to be in “xboxgames” folder. I don’t know why they have to make it so complicated. I have now just uninstalled 2020. It left behind the official folder with something like 80gb of files and I deleted that. It also kept the community folder which I moved using addonlinker.

Edited November 18, 20241 yr by desbean
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50 minutes ago, fppilot said:

OK. Been quite a while since the most recent time I reinstalled 2020.  Do you select the main files destination during the release-day installation process?

Yes, once the game launches it will want to download some more files (nowhere near as much as 2020, though). This is also where you can select the folder it puts the files in, and this is also where the community folder lives. If you dont' change the default, it will put everything in the C:\XboxGames\MSFS2024 folder.

From your screenshot, you are changing the default for ALL games you install via the Store. MSFS will be installed one level down in this folder, so the parent name should be something like XboxGames or Games or whatever - it's not the name of the individual game. 

Finally, it is possible to have multiple \XboxGames folders if you have more than one drive in the system. I have C:\XboxGames and D:\XboxGames, and when I install a new game, I can choose to put it in either of the two drives. 

2 hours ago, fppilot said:

 Below is a screen capture from his video. 

First and foremost, at 53 seconds into the video he clearly states that he has removed 2020 to make room for 2024.  So he is not installing 2024 into a different location than 2020.  He has removed 2020.

Note that changing the Game Install Options in xBox is not just changing the location for an MSFS2024 installation.  It is changing "where this app installs games by default". See the screen capture.  I chose a different location for MSFS2020 and when the pre-install was done it was in that folder. 

Now here is the issue I discovered.  My original MSFS2020 folder no longer exists.  Period.  I find my MSFS 2020 installation is now also in the new MSFS2024 folder.

What appears to happen is that my MSFS2020 folder gets renamed in the process from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024.  MSFS2020 gets redirected, and the MSFS 2024 pre-install is also placed in that folder.  So it seems xbox will only change an install location by changing the default installation folder for all games.

I cannot determine a method to install MSFS 2024 into its own folder without redirecting my MSFS2020 into the same folder.

Here is the screen capture I mentioned:

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I installed from the store and used this screen to change install folder   https://ibb.co/kQ2LnbG

18 hours ago, desbean said:

I used this method and was able to set up a new "FS2024" folder on my sim "G" drive and directed FS2024 to be installed there (instead of the "XboxGames" folder where 2020 currently is).https://youtu.be/slzaFLRc-pU?si=-14G9EWxLND9BhlJ

That is odd - I followed the video but it didn´t allow me to select another drive other than drive C (I want to install on my drive F).

Edited November 18, 20241 yr by ega
....forget it I got it working...Thanks anyway...

13 minutes ago, ega said:

That is odd - I followed the video but it didn´t allow me to select another drive other than drive C (I want to install on my drive F).

How? I’m still stuck at C:/ Drive only.  TIA,

-B

7 hours ago, JSmith2112 said:

Hmm, a lot cheaper on CD keys than on Steam here  in South Africa. I wonder if the prices will hold.

Hey JSmith2112,

This is kind of random but nice avatar.  Its a Burgman 650 and I also own one of those.  For my life its 40% Flight Simulator, 50% motorcycles and 10% everything else!