Msfs 2020 will not shut down fully

TrefleMarlin338 · April 30, 2025, 3:41pm

Same here need task manager

VenturePilot · April 30, 2025, 4:11pm

YES, To get this fixed, we need VOTES. The bug reporting Zendesk does not address any issues, even as serious as this, unless we VOTE.

TinnyPaladin232 · April 30, 2025, 5:11pm

Same here. Store version. Windows 11. VOTED.

CustomOrc225503 · April 30, 2025, 5:24pm

I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to vote. Could someone share direct link to this vote, please?

Paytheon · April 30, 2025, 5:28pm

Go back to the top and you will see a box to vote in.

Pitufo3477 · April 30, 2025, 5:35pm

I do have this problem ONLINE, MSFS does NOT quit.
In OFFLINE mode, MSFS shuts down correctly.
Anyone else been testing this?

VenularJet9 · April 30, 2025, 5:39pm

Same here for over a week now, also noticed loading times are longer.

Trisho0 · April 30, 2025, 5:50pm

MSFS2020 sim won’t close properly after closing the sim. I have to kill it via Task Manager. That is the new feature closing the sim, cool! I like that!

CustomOrc225503 · April 30, 2025, 6:33pm

Yeh, now all we can do is wait untill it breaks because it’s shut down incorrectly so many times and will require re-installation

FrankGehry1192 · April 30, 2025, 7:58pm

This is happening to me to. It doesn’t happen every time, but maybe every other time I go through a computer startup.

MedEvacflyer911 · April 30, 2025, 8:22pm

I have been testing alot of stuff. Working on a spreadsheet now of all the error codes and faults. I don’t have the shut down issue anymore. It went away when the fs2020 CTD everytime I fly. Not the fix I was looking for.

I am seeing a trend and I am trying to pin down a start date.

TOLOWTERRAIN723 · April 30, 2025, 8:53pm

this is quality info, thanks

SwiftTugboat430 · April 30, 2025, 9:19pm

That’s the thing, isn’t it? It’s doing everything it would do normally at shutdown. Except…shutting down. Your flight is correctly recorded in your logbook, for one.

FrankP134 · April 30, 2025, 11:46pm

I have the same issue following the recent update to MSFS2020. Have to use the task manager to shut it down.

CountedFan57061 · May 1, 2025, 12:01am

I just tried and in my case, the sim shuts down incorrectly whether in Online or Offline mode. No difference.

PriceySeal59581 · May 1, 2025, 2:56am

I WAS having the problem with MSFS2020 not shutting down. Then about 2:00 PM when I went to shut it down it magically shut completely down. Nothing had been changed from earlier in the day except it being shut down for lunch. I think Asobo or Microsoft quietly changed something when my computer was down.

ASphere2052 · May 1, 2025, 8:28am

Same here and consuming more than the 50% of my CPU!!!
Store version, win 10.

Pacetech1164 · May 1, 2025, 10:13am

Not used MSFS2020 for a few weeks. I ran it today and it did an update. When I closed the program it didn’t shut down so had to use task manager to end the process.
Windows 10, Microsoft store version.

AndyClark20 · May 1, 2025, 10:59am

Please vote! - the vote is at the top of this conversation.

emsss78 · May 1, 2025, 1:36pm

Just did..thanks for reminding me !!