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Mandatory 8.7 GB Update, MSFS 2024 won't even startup.

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Anyone else?

-B

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  • Yep I just did this.  Exited the beta, waited for it to say Join again, then rebooted PC. Wiped LOL! It's way beyond a laughing matter.  I've been one of the few to defend this sim but what

  • Adamski_NZ
    Adamski_NZ

    Kind of funny seeing a highly successful gaming company totally screw their helpful/unpaid beta testers. Just think of the number of man-hours lost * the number of users recovering from this mess.

  • Let me rephrase that: "We are so incompetent that there is a chance - meaning that we are not entirely sure of that... we cannot reproduce it but it can happen... we say it in that way simply because

Yup, auto updated ad deleted all my settings and community folder. Crazy!!

Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 64Gb DDR5@6000Mhz cl30, PCIe 4 NVMe SSD, RTX4090 GPU

Yep me too! Was getting excited thinking it was SU2 beta update - but no cigar

Lost all my settings and have version 1.3.23.0

Sigh

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Doug 

6 minutes ago, btacon said:

Anyone else?

-B

Beware this "update"

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/urgent-issue-msfs-2024-phantom-update-resets-everything-3-21-2025-23-30-utc/712300


"

Hi folks,

We have escalated this internally. Our production team has advised me that they were doing some backend work in preparation for the start of the SU2 beta. If you were previously enrolled in the beta test group, you may receive this download, but it is not the SU2 beta nor is it an update to the sim; you will remain on the same version (SU1 release, 1.3.23.0). We are currently investigating why this might have resulted in some of your settings or Community folder being reset.

Thanks,
MSFS Team"

1 minute ago, Dankovic said:

and community folder

Yikes! You made me chack mine! Fortunately still there! Phew........🤐

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Doug 

Yep. got it too, messed around with most of my settings and Community folder 😕

Trying to fix it now ...

Bummer !

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Flightsimming since 1992

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after watching various problem reports, I paused the download and deactivated "launch game when ready". I wonder if they'll fix this latest update mess still over the weekend. again, this is NOT SU2 beta.

people with empty COMMUNITY folder after this update: there is a free tool on flightsim.to called "MSFS AddonLinker" to avoid such problems. when will they ever learn.

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AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090,  Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler.

60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking.

very nice.

23 minutes ago, turbomax said:

after watching various problem reports, I paused the download and deactivated "launch game when ready". I wonder if they'll fix this latest update mess still over the weekend. again, this is NOT SU2 beta.

people with empty COMMUNITY folder after this update: there is a free tool called "MSFS AddonLinker" to avoid such problems on flightsim.to. when will they ever learn.

 

Thankfully since I had moved my Community as well as the FS2020 and FS2024 and also StreamedPackages and the ROLLINGCACHE.CCC to F:\MSFS, I didn't lose anything ...

But this coincided with the INIBUILDS A350 update and it messed my A350 install.

Already fixed.

This is why I also way prefer my dear X-Plane 12 install simplicity and efficiency... never cleaning or messing around with whatever I have installed, less any incompatibility issues introduced by newer versions when the addons need update. Kudos to Austin and LR for their clean and clever work !!!

Edited by jcomm

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

strange i had started 2024 about a minute ago this morning with out seeing this,   didn't get  the update so maybe  they stopped it from going out

Edited by pete_auau

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Peter kelberg

7 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

strange i had started 2024 about a minute ago this morning with out seeing this,   didn't get  the update so maybe  they stopped it from going out

It appears this is only impacting people enrolled in the beta program.
I wasn't enrolled and had no issues either. In talking with other folks it does seem to be limited to anyone in the beta program still.
I would strongly urge anyone still enrolled not to start MSFS2024 until MS confirms this problem has been resolved.

the update is wiping all the MSFS24 AppData folders, so your LocalCache, WASM, Airplanes, content.xml, exe.xml etc etc
Also multiple reports of people losing their entire physical Community folder contents

Edited by atco

Just now, atco said:

It appears this is only impacting people enrolled in the beta program.
I wasn't enrolled and had no issues either. In talking with other folks it does seem to be limited to anyone in the beta program still.
I would strongly urge anyone still enrolled to leave before opening MSFS2024 until MS confirms this problem has been resolved.

the update is wiping all the MSFS24 AppData folders, so your LocalCache, WASM, Airplanes, content.xml, exe.xml etc etc
Also multiple reports of people losing their entire physical Community folder contents

ok i was  about 3  weeks ago than i opted out, guess i wont be going into any other  beta  versions  🙂

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Peter kelberg

Disconnected from the net, turned off beta participation in steam, connected back to net and no update. Glad I saw this thread.

i7-13700KF @ 5.3GHz    32.0GB DDR5 @ 5600    RTX 3080    65" LG OLED @ 4k

1 hour ago, Dankovic said:

Yup, auto updated ad deleted all my settings and community folder. Crazy!!

I can't understand why they release updates that erase your settings. I appreciate that they are fixing things but why do updates have to erase your settings.

Bill McIntyre

Asus StrixB650E-F Gamer, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, Corsair Titanium DDR5 64GB, Samsung 990 PRO-4TB M.2, (4) 2TB SSD's, Corsair H1150i liquid cooler, RTX 2080TI Founders Edition, (2) LG 34" HD Curved Monitor, Sound Blaster Audigy X, 1Kw PC Power & Cooling Power Supply, Corsair Obsidian Full tower Case. MSFS 2024, WIN11 Pro x64                                                                                                                                             

31 minutes ago, atco said:

It appears this is only impacting people enrolled in the beta program.

Jeeez ... I just so wish people would put the word BETA in topic titles when this sort of thing happens. It would save so many NON-BETA users minor heart attacks.

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