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I was SO wrong to delete MSFS2020

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I bragged yesterday about how I believed deleting MSFS 2020 was the right thing to do and just TRUST Microsoft to give us a great product that I could fly.

I apologize for being so confident.  I should have listened to so many of you who said...Wait, and see if everything works first.  I was wrong and I'm very sorry for not listening to all of you.

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  • I'm giving 2024 a full six months before I even consider buying in.

  • If disk space wasn't a problem, then I was wondering why the absolute desire to delete 2020 when one could have both installed 🙂 ... if disk space is a problem and you deleted it, then it must've been

  • I'm glad I deleted it for it'll give me some time to finally play some other games iike   Return to Monkey Island, UBoat or Derail valley while waiting! 😁

Yes wait, relax, enjoy a coffee, tea or beer and keep flying in 2020.

Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy"

Maple Bay, British Columbia

Near CAM3

I hadnt planned on using 2024 for a few weeks so I could get all my custom configs sorted out and setup - and see how things went on the initial rollout.   No idea it would be this bad.......so far 2020 seems fine - there had been some reports of connection issues but I havent seen that.

8 minutes ago, spilok said:

I bragged yesterday about how I believed deleting MSFS 2020 was the right thing to do and just TRUST Microsoft to give us a great product that I could fly.

I apologize for being so confident.  I should have listened to so many of you who said...Wait, and see if everything works first.  I was wrong and I'm very sorry for not listening to all of you.

Nothing wrong with that. You're deleting for the spare space and anticipating unwanted and unpredictable "technical confusions" between the two sims.

However, been trying to fire up MSFS2020 since an hour ago but no avail

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Worst thing anyone could do. I get most are hyped about a release but they clearly did not learn from the 2020 release. Maybe if they release MSFS 2028 the same happens again.

8 minutes ago, spilok said:

I bragged yesterday about how I believed deleting MSFS 2020 was the right thing to do and just TRUST Microsoft to give us a great product that I could fly.

I apologize for being so confident.  I should have listened to so many of you who said...Wait, and see if everything works first.  I was wrong and I'm very sorry for not listening to all of you.

When I read your post yesterday this was all I could think of lol. Hopefully you didn’t nuke it entirely. 

I'm glad I deleted it for it'll give me some time to finally play some other games iike   Return to Monkey Island, UBoat or Derail valley while waiting!

😁

17 minutes ago, spilok said:

I bragged yesterday about how I believed deleting MSFS 2020 was the right thing to do and just TRUST Microsoft to give us a great product that I could fly.

I apologize for being so confident.  I should have listened to so many of you who said...Wait, and see if everything works first.  I was wrong and I'm very sorry for not listening to all of you.

Past history tells us to wait 6 months before jumping in with both feet.

Pete Richards

I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988.

Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom  DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.

 

 

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30 minutes ago, History said:

Nothing wrong with that. You're deleting for the spare space and anticipating unwanted and unpredictable "technical confusions" between the two sims.

However, been trying to fire up MSFS2020 since an hour ago but no avail

I actually had PLENTY of space on my M2 1TB drive.  I was just obstinate and decided to start fresh with an empty drive.  My mistake.  

If disk space wasn't a problem, then I was wondering why the absolute desire to delete 2020 when one could have both installed 🙂 ... if disk space is a problem and you deleted it, then it must've been due to an absolute need to use the sim from day 1? 

I planned to only buy+install 2024 after a couple of weeks, and definitely keeping 2020 around until all 3rd party aircraft of importance to me are at least compatible with MSFS 2024.

 

Len
1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS
Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD

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Just now, lwt1971 said:

If disk space wasn't a problem, then I was wondering why the absolute desire to delete 2020 when one could have both installed 🙂 ... if disk space is a problem and you deleted it, then it must've been due to an absolute need to use the sim from day 1? 

I planned to only buy+install 2024 after a couple of weeks, and definitely keeping 2020 around until all 3rd party aircraft of importance to me are at least compatible with MSFS 2024.

 

My BAD!

4 minutes ago, spilok said:

I actually had PLENTY of space on my M2 1TB drive.  I was just obstinate and decided to start fresh with an empty drive.  My mistake.  

Ah, don't worry about it, we've all been there.  I once accidentally deleted some custom NHL93 hockey leagues I had painstakingly created, and not backed up.   At least with MSFS2020, you can always reinstall it.  It's only time spent/wasted for you to reinstall.

Rhett

7800X3D 96 GB G.Skill Flare  Gigabyte 4090  Crucial P5 Plus 2TB

Yeah, at this rate I'll have to eat crow and reinstall 2020 as well. 

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Safe space alert!

 Ryzen 7 5800x, 64gb, 7900XTX 24gb

I know I fell for the hype, despite prior experiences. I salute your owning it.

I was thinking about starting a Angry Thread just to blow off some steam, but I think I'll try to finish Baldur's Gate instead...that should eat a week or two.

Richard Chafey

 

i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200  - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals

MSFS 2020, DCS

 

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