Got everything working again, and log book is still there.
Here is what I did.
1 Go into data and turn it on in MSFS
- hit save. When you do that the message will pop up Packages out of date do you want to continue, hit Yes.
3 Then you will get a screen that says Hit any key to continue. Do not do that, just close MSFS with the X in the upper right corner.
4 Restart PC, don’t shut down and startup, hit Restart in Windows
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Start MSFS. You will see the checking for updates spinning circle again, everything loads at normal speed, and the market is not grayed out anymore.
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Go to data, and you will see everything is turned on as normal.