How to prepare for installing SU11 | 40th Anniversary Edition?

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Hi folks,

just a short question if there is any recommendation for cleaning or deleting MSFS folders before installing SU11?

Thanks for response!

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The only folder I’ve heard people say you should (?) delete, move or rename is the community folder. Though if there’s nothing in it then I guess that’s moot.

To be honest, you shouldn’t have to delete anything. The installation of an update should take care of everything.

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Don’t delete anything, it’s recommended to just rename your community folder during the upgrade process to ensure nothing conflicts, but isn’t a hard stance.

If you want to be cautious, just rename it to community_old

Launch the sim, do the update, shutdown the sim, delete the new community folder it created and rename community_old back to community.

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Hello @Mosquito616801,

Please see @skypilotYTS’s post above about renaming your Community folder. Note that even this isn’t strictly necessary. You can certainly install SU11/40th Anniversary Edition with all your same mods/addons enabled. However, if you do encounter any issues, your first troubleshooting step should be to disable all your addons before reporting the issue as a bug. Many times, problems that players think are a bug with the base MSFS code are actually caused by an issue with a mod. If that happens, try disabling your mods and then re-enabling them one-by-one to determine the source of the problem.

Thanks,
MSFS Team

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I always cut out everything from my community folder to another folder on another drive. After updating and testing if sim starts normal, put back everything in community folder. I honestly dont know if this is needed to do, but I got used to it already

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No real need to remove, or rename anything before an update. Doing so is more of a feel good thing, than something that provides any real benefit.

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I only do the community folder step if I run into issues after an update :slight_smile:

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I always make sure I run a Windows update prior to updating the sim. That’s all.

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I think it’s recommended you also delete your cache (if you have one) before actually flying. I usually switch the cache off in settings and then switch it on again.

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At which time the update is coming today?

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16:00 UTC if you are not on the Beta, 17:00 UTC if you are on the Beta.

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Thanks at all for your response :v:

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I did a complete uninstall of FS 2020. For some reason, my FPS (under SU10) dropped to less than 15 FPS from the mid-40s. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was, so yesterday I decided I’d remove it and do a fresh install today using SU11. :grinning:

Long way around to (hopefully) fix my problem. But it is what it is. :slight_smile:

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I run a Windows and X-Box update EACH TIME before I FLY!!!

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Q8 Pilot Has a YouTube Vid on How to “Insure” a Successfull Update Install !! Hes One of the BEST MSFS content creators…:wink:

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