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 …

Mine seemed to shut down bur I found it still running when I looked at the Steam App. Shut it down there.

The update installed itself 2 hours ago and the problem is there. It will not shut down. I have to use Task manager to shut it. This is unacceptable from Microsoft. :enraged_face:

Count me in with having this behavior. Easy enough to reboot or use Task Manager, but annoying. It always scares me to shut down FS2020 ungracefully, as a couple of times over the years I’ve lost my sim settings. Store version. Glad it’s not just me.

This was a problem with FS2024 and the latest update seems to have ported it over to 2020. [image] Sim hangs at Quit to Desktop - MSFS 2024 Resolved ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: As per title, attempting to leave the sim properly using the Quit …

i forgot to mention, i’m on ms-store too

I raised this to the CMs last night, but it likely won’t get looked at until Monday.

The same happens with me every time since the last update… Is Asobo going to fix this?

Count me in too, reinstalled the whole thing…still not shutting down.

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Msfs 2020 will not shut down fully

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MylenskPILOT April 19, 2025, 3:35pm 30

My MFS 2020 wont load after the new update !