Hi @TheWeasel68,
When posting in Bugs & Issues, we only want one bug per topic - not multiples. Most of what you posted has already been posted. Use the search feature of the forum to locate any of your issues and contribute to that topic.
Also, before posting in the Bugs & Issues is to remove all mods, add-ons and 3rd party to see if that is that cause. We only want bug reports on MSFS default content only.
RE: You will not lose controller settings as these are saved in the cloud and will resync on reinstalling or installing onto another PC.
Closing this topic as a duplicate and a multiple bug report.