Setting FS2020 Priority to High

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does anyone know how to do this with the microsoft store version? as there is no exe to right click on.

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Open a file folder, select the drive MSFS is installed on, usually C, then type in flightsimulator.exe in the search bar of the folder. The location should come up shortly. Then you can right click to edit the properties.

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CTRL+ALT+DEL, open task manager, expand Microsoft Flight Simulator, Right click the expanded selection, click go to details, you’ll see the exe highlighted.

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No need for all of that, just open task manager (easier to right click on the taskbar), go to details tab, right click on FlightSimulator.exe, highlight “Set Priority”, and set it to high.

I do that myself, because every bit helps, but I can’t say just how much this technique actually helps. But it damm sure doesn’t hurt, so may as well.

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You normally shouldn’t do that. A well-optimised, multi-threaded application will not benefit because there will be threads that will be started with higher priorities as required and designed by the devs.
By starting the sim in high you are putting more threads into the high priority, thus interfering with the entire logic.
However, it could help avoiding for example the impact of running other apps on your system.

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thanks for the replies, but with the MS Store version, the problem is there is no exe unless its the steam version

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i’ll give this a go, thanks

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Actually
and ironically

And this may be old news, the sim may have evolved past this, if so someone chime in


Regarding core usage and/or multi-threading

I saw somewhere that this setting should be tested and dialed in on every sim computer because

The sim data is being divided all around, so to speak, and depending on the individual configuration, if any of these streams get held up due to priority - of the higher priority stream - the sim data in the lower priority stream gets delayed and the whole process has to wait for this latent data. The higher stream sim data got through only to be momentarily in-effective subject to having to wait for the slower data stream. This all happens in a micro-nano-second (whatever) and the result is - a stutter. A stutter possibly caused by an incorrect priority setting. That’s the irony


So to sum up, test and check this setting on your machine using the ‘Normal’ to ‘High’ priorities
see if one is better for your rig
then you will know where your machine runs the sim best.

Of course, the only way to accurately test this, like most testing, is

ALL elements HAVE to be identical when testing. That means same plane, same airport, same time of day, you know, identical conditions - both simulator AND computer. Make sure your computer is running the same software each time testing. It ALL matters to get precise feedback


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He’s right. Unless you are running several different main applications simultaneously, which you obviously wouldn’t/shouldn’t do for playing a flight sim, there’s no benefit and can actually be detrimental.

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That’s not true, there is still an exe file :wink:

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how do you find it? because it doesn’t show up in task manager?

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I bought it through the MS Store and I have an icon on my desktop. Not home at the moment but will check and report back.

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It’s under C:\Users\YOUR USER ID\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps

that’s if you installed to default.

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This shouldn’t be necessary with MSFS as its no longer necessary with FSX Steam Edition, but seeing in which the state this sim was released
I’m going to give it a try anyway.:rofl:

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lol thanks


@Rev20105189 Thanks for the info!

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To add my 2p to this
 I was an avid believer in the “Set Priority to High” mantra, believing it would smooth out the stutters, etc. That was until, one day, I forgot to do it
and the stutters almost completely disappeared! Took me a while to realise why but since then I have not bothered with priority setting. I still get stutters, mostly due to framerate versus refresh rate issues but the constant stutters I had have gone.

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