Sim always loads in safe mode only

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For past month or so, Sim ALWAYS complained that it crashed, even though I was clicking the ‘quit to desktop’ button. (it always asked if I wanted safe mode). Today, it suddenly booted straight into the ‘update/install’ screen. I loaded the update, and now it boots straight into safe mode every time. No purchased content, or community folder content appears. Its safe mode only now.

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As of update today (April 23, 2024)


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Have a look at those topics, hopefully one of them has the solution:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/search?context=category&context_id=370&q=Safe%20mode%20in%3Atitle&skip_context=false

Probably the easiest way to stop the sim from going to safe mode, is before starting MSFS to rename the existing community folder and than create a new empty community folder and start MSFS in normal mode. If this works then you may have an addon that is causing the problem, at least you can slowly isolate who the culprit is!
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