I noticed MSFS24 (20 probably also) keeps searching forever for said0763.pr0 and wastes system resources. Same for Trackir’s NPClient64.dll (But I have no solution for that atm)
To find out if you have the same (or other) problem you can use something like Process Monitor.
If you dont have it, I suggest you download it from Microsoft’s Sysinternals website (one of the most useful tools you should have btw.)
There is a simple file to add in C:\WINDOWS\System32\ to stop the sim from searching.
Contents of file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" ?>
<sd:profile xmlns:sd="http://www.saitek.com/sd5/sd" title="No Profile" version="0x01000000">
<sd:controllerlist>
<sd:controller guid="" group="">
<sd:member guid="" shortname=""/>
<sd:controllist />
<sd:shiftlist />
</sd:controller>
</sd:controllerlist>
</sd:profile>
said0763.pr0.pln (688 Bytes)
Rename the file to said0763.pr0 and save it into C:\WINDOWS\System32\
I’ve made a bug report here.