My heart sinks every time I see an update to msfs 2020 appear on the loading screen. After today’s update for msfs 2020, the sim will no longer shut down fully and the Task Manager is required to fully shut it down. After pressing ‘quit to desktop’, the sim disappears but the msfs icon is left on …

What seems to be common for people is the AIRAC update - especially given it’s affecting some people in both sims and is something that updated in common to both. No idea how the AIRAC update should cause this given those processes shouldn’t be used any more during a shutdown - perhaps it created a…

MS Store desktop version, same issue with shutting it down.

Same here. I activated the „Kill App“ option in Developers Settings (someone here suggested that), and that works fine. Interesting enough, when I restarted the sim I did not get the warning that the sim had crashed (with the option to boot into safe mode). It just started normally…

Same problem for me, store version 2020.

[image] StanTGM: Kill App“ option in Developers Settings How do I enable the developers kill app?

Here is the link: [image] Windows Pro-Tip: Enable/Create a shortcut setting to quickly close MSFS (or other apps)! Crashes (CTDs) Hi, I came across this article and would like to share this useful little taskbar shortcut for Windows 11 (Windows 10 see below); that may sav…

Same here. Immediately after the update FS20 requires Task Manager to fully shut down just like everyone here. Clearly this is NOT end user related and requires action by Asobo to correct. Really hoping Asobo fixes this soon.

I just uninstalled FSUIPC. I hope this was the problem. If not, this has been happening only recently and only after I completely reinstalled Windows 11 and reinstalled AIG Traffic and added MSFS / 2020/ 2024.

Msfs 2020 will not shut down fully

Bug Reporting Hub Resolved

NAVData April 23, 2025, 8:06pm 142

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Cheers
Richard