Location of controller settings, can i delete the profiles?

olli7352 · October 30, 2020, 4:22pm

Where are the controller settings saved on the SSD?
One setting is probably defective and as soon as I connect the controller, the game stops with unknown errors.
Can I delete the saved profiles?

geloxo · October 30, 2020, 4:25pm

You can delete them via the controller assignment menus directly in game. Simply select the one you want and delete it.

Cheers

olli7352 · October 30, 2020, 4:28pm

The problem is I can’t access the joystick. As soon as I connect it the game crashes or I cannot start it when I have it connected.

geloxo · October 30, 2020, 4:36pm

I guess they are stored in the EXE path, as I don´t see them in the flights or settings folders. But I have the folder protected.

Have you tried connecting it once in the main menu instead? If not I remember there was an option to reset the game via right click on the icon and going into application settings. It could also work, but this would reset all your settings, so be advised.

Cheers

MarkManner · October 30, 2020, 4:38pm

Mine are here:

C:\Users\markm\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs

olli7352 · October 30, 2020, 4:42pm

Thank you
I’m trying to do a new installation.
Resetting the game is a good idea, but which icon should I use?

olli7352 · October 30, 2020, 4:43pm

I’ve already tried it. Profiles were still there.

MarkManner · October 30, 2020, 4:53pm

did you delete the profiles from that location? open them in notepad and see which ones you are deleting. You may have already tried that, so my apologies if this isn’t what you are asking.

geloxo · October 30, 2020, 4:58pm

Press the reset button. This will delete the application data only, so all the configuration, but not the game content.

Cheers

olli7352 · October 30, 2020, 5:01pm

Thank you.
That’s what I’m going to do. Just reinstall.

FlippinFlow · October 30, 2020, 5:01pm

For Steam the controller profiles are stored here:

geloxo · October 30, 2020, 5:03pm

Nice. A reinstall will also work, as you will only delete the main application. The downloaded content will stay at your former installation path, so you won´t need to download it again, provided that you used an external path different to the default one, such as D:\MSFS or something. I think with the default one the whole folder was deleted, but I can´t remember… I use always an external path.

If problem persists open a ticket.

Cheers

TenPatrol · October 30, 2020, 6:17pm

Inside folder 0009000005028F71_00000000000000000000000069F80140

Folder location
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\ 0009000005028F71_00000000000000000000000069F80140

TenPatrol · October 30, 2020, 6:18pm

nope.

Inside folder 0009000005028F71_00000000000000000000000069F80140

Folder location
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\ 0009000005028F71_00000000000000000000000069F80140

source - PATCH 5 I get 0x80070141 error message

MarkManner · October 30, 2020, 6:33pm

? I sent you to the right area, sorry I didn’t give you the specific file.

olli7352 · October 31, 2020, 9:00am

A rest has done nothing!
Reinstallation also does not.

CapnAlex78 · October 31, 2020, 9:47am

They are stored in the cloud. There is a hot fix on the way for the CTD.

Mooney251 · October 31, 2020, 9:57am

I have the same problem. None of my controllers work in game. They all worked great before the new patch. Do you think they’ll hot fix this weekend.

CapnAlex78 · October 31, 2020, 10:00am

JoeM7900 · October 31, 2020, 1:30pm

Same problem. Joystick was working even with the recent patch. Then I changed a key assignment --> crash and Repair/Reset/Reinstall doesn’t help.