Missing "update"

Yes. Like I said, everything seems to be in its correct place. But MSFS will not load mods from the community folder, as if it were in kind of a safe mode.

Is there a read only permissive on Community Folder?

No. They are write-protected, but I guess that has to be correct. But now - to keep all members here entertained, I will tell you what happened. I opened XBox, launched the Sim from there, and bingo - the Community items came on. But, when I was ca 5 min. into the flight, cruising along happily, I got a CTD. Boom. :sleepy:

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Wow, it is entertaining, to say the least!
I think I might use other words that I can’t put in here.

That could be a mod conflict, more likely scenery related, but you never know with them.

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Y’know what? I tried the same today, launch from Xbox. This time the community stuff was not loaded. I think MSFS is playing a game with me. Feel free to use those words
They seem to want me to buy 2024.

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If you are interested in trying, see if this is just an extreme example of a mod conflict.
Take most of the items out of the Community folder, (or rename it - make a new one) and leave (put) only a couple addons in the new one.
See if they show up in the sim.

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I have tried one of the suggestions above, to place the community folder somewhere else and change the user.cfg.opt accordingly. I put it in the root directory in D:. Still, MSFS can’t load it. I will put it back in the original place and leave just a few items in it, to see, as you suggest, if it really is a huge mod conflict. I will be back.

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If it doesn’t, I found this support article for another poster, it may help:
https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019984319-How-to-troubleshoot-an-aircraft-missing-from-the-hangar

Just to reply to you suggestion: I completely deleted the contents in Community, which was 80 folders of add-on mods (which had been working normally until something got screwed up), I just made a backup on a different drive and did not call it Community. I can always move part or all of the files back to the empty community folder. To see if doing this with a handful of mods I copied them back and checked if they would work in MSFS. Not even those few did! I am pretty unhappy now with MS. But I will see what your link can do for me.

I followed the intructions in your link, and the result was - after the official folder contents were automatically updated upon my next launch, I was back at the original problem.
Why does official MS not help me? I placed the error message in bug reporting, but the admin just shifted it into the official discussion department.

Hi @AmpleTiger97620,
I’ve seen corrupted Game Services on my PC cause this. Following the steps outlined in this article may assist in helping those affected:
Gaming Services Repair Tool for PC | Xbox Support

I was plagued by this problem (5 or 6 reinstalls) this spring/summer. The Gaming Services Repair Tool did not fix the problem, nor did the Windows Repair Tool, nor did logging out of the Store and Xbox.