Geez - wiped my entire community folder I was in the beta as well.

MS/Asobo has turned into a bunch of amateur programmers

Edit - so do i just start reinstalling everything in my community folder or is it somehow going to magically appear again?  Fortunately I didn't have too much stuff in there and I definitely opted out of the beta

Edited March 22, 20251 yr by KevinS137

1 minute ago, KevinS137 said:

wiped my entire community folder

sure you followed their instructions?

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017133940-How-to-install-a-new-update-safely

9 minutes ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

Sorry for those, but I think I will wait to start flying this weekend a bit cause I’m on the Beta. 

you can opt out

1 minute ago, turbomax said:

sure you followed their instructions?

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017133940-How-to-install-a-new-update-safely

It was too late for me as the update went thru prior to me jumping on Avsim and seeing this

I am in the beta and was flying for a couple hours. Ended the flight and closed the sim and didn't see any update... Steam version btw.

Edited March 22, 20251 yr by Alvega

Just now, Alvega said:

I am in the beta and was flying for a couple hours. Ended the flight and closed the sim and didn't see any update...

have you opened your sim after the flight, maybe your in a different time zone

Any Steam users got affected?

19 minutes ago, Alvega said:

I am in the beta and was flying for a couple hours. Ended the flight and closed the sim and didn't see any update... Steam version btw.

I haven’t seen any reports from steam users

Seems to just be an MS Store issue

IIRC there is a warning on the beta opt-in page for MS Store that says this can happen, has been since something similar happened during 2020 testing,

 

though in 2020 that could happen when leaving the beta, I don’t think it ever happened while being in the beta. If your community folder is not in the default location it should be avoided.

Edited March 22, 20251 yr by Tuskin38

41 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

have you opened your sim after the flight, maybe your in a different time zone

No, I didn't open it after the flight.

2 minutes ago, Alvega said:

No, I didn't open it after the flight.

i see that your on steam version  which by the looks of  things we arnt effected

1 hour ago, turbomax said:

sure you followed their instructions?

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017133940-How-to-install-a-new-update-safely

Am I the only one who thinks these instructions to follow with every update are ridiculous. Way too much work. not worth it. MSFS has become like Helicopter flying - one hour of downtime fixing everything after one hour of using the sim.

6 minutes ago, greg100o said:

Am I the only one who thinks these instructions to follow with every update are ridiculous. Way too much work. not worth it. MSFS has become like Helicopter flying - one hour of downtime fixing everything after one hour of using the sim.

Or give me fair warning that an update is coming - and allow me to choose to install or not for the time being

1 hour ago, greg100o said:

Am I the only one who thinks these instructions to follow with every update are ridiculous. Way too much work. not worth it. MSFS has become like Helicopter flying - one hour of downtime fixing everything after one hour of using the sim.

That's realism!  😀

 

But seriously,  those instructions looks like they are targeted at just about every tweaking scenario.    For me, there's only a few that are relevant. 

 

 

Count me in as another one getting rolled with the Microsoft hard version.

 

The last update wiped out my user. cfg. I just copied my backup back and I got everything back. I keep my community folder on a separate drive, which wasn't affected. Why they insist on wiping out user settings is a mistry to me.