33 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Take back all those 'Well dones' The S.O.B is back! It was nice while it lasted. Sheesh!

Sounds like the OS updated itself and reintroduced the bug.

Boo !

31 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

If you do that, the fix I gave you won't work. The normal shutdown is to exit to the main screen and then quit to desktop. 

Tried another test:

Tested with Developer FIX On

Exited MSFS2020 using Alt + F4


Immediate close to desktop.
No MSFS2020 Icon in task bar.

Had to use Taskmanger (Background processes) to End Task on Flightsimulator.exe

 

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by vonmar

23 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I figured everyone would know how to properly shut down MSFS, never have used the X  on upper right. 

Using X to close MSFS2020 is not correct?

I use it on all SIMs.

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by vonmar

1 minute ago, vonmar said:

Tried another test:

 

Tested with Developer FIX On

Exited MSFS2020 using Alt + F4

Immediate close to desktop.

Had to use Taskmanger (Background processes) to End Task on Flightsimulator.exe

 

Alt F4 is not the recommended way to shut down MSFS either. 

Just now, vonmar said:

Using X to close MSFS2020 is not correct?

No, it never has been.

2 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

No, it never has been.

What is X used for?

Just now, vonmar said:

What is X used for?

It is used for other programs, not recommended for MSFS,

After flight hit ESC- go to main menu- exit to desktop. 

 

10 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

not recommended for MSFS,

How did you arrive to that conclusion, or where does MS says not to use it.

The X is there with the same purpose and use for any windows app, it is to close it, if it wasn't meant to close MSFS020 it wouldn't be there.

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by CarlosF

8 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

It is used for other programs, not recommended for MSFS,

Can you provide a link to this?

13 minutes ago, vonmar said:

Can you provide a link to this?

Start up MSFS Once running, and on runway, hit escape key. You will then see a screen that says "warning, this will return you to main main menu. Do you want to continue, click on  continue. This will take you to the startup up screen. on the bottom left it will say (esc) Quit to desktop. Click on that or hit the Esc key again. That is the way the shutdown has worked for 4 years. 

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by Bobsk8

If you end flight, go back to welcome screen, click on the box to close to desktop, then the .cfg files will save useful information before the sim closes. If you use the emergency exit, namely the X at the top of the window, that will not happen.

1 minute ago, Fielder said:

If you end flight, go back to welcome screen, click on the box to close to desktop, then the .cfg files will save useful information before the sim closes. If you use the emergency exit, namely the X at the top of the window, that will not happen.

Exactly, we were told years ago, not to use the X Key because sometimes strange things would happen, like it would screw up your settings, or it would ask you on the next startup if you wanted to start in safe mode.

The sequence :
Esc
Main menu
Desktop
Continue
Quit to Desktop

At the Desktop:
That did display the Running MSFS2020 icon in the Taskbar.
Then, right clicking the MSFS2020 Icon.
Then clicking on End Task in the popup did shut down MSFS2020.

However, I will not continue doing all that.
I will continue to use X to close MSFS2020 (and all other Sims) then use the Taskmanager to End Task.

Never had a problem with closing with X.

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by vonmar

39 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

It is used for other programs, not recommended for MSFS,

My original question was:

Do you have a link to that?

18 minutes ago, Fielder said:

If you use the emergency exit, namely the X at the top of the window

Where did you get emergency exit from?