Sim freezes, then crashes trying to delete controller profile

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

Sim freezes, then crashes whenever I try to delete controller profile

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time I try

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Go to option, controls, select controller, try to delete any profile

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are currently plugged in? Please name all of them as there could be a potential conflict.
Warthog stick, Saitek rudders, Saitek Quad, keyboard, mouse.
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

12
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

RTX 4080 super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
AMD 7 7800X3D cpu
32 G ram

MEDIA

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• yes, after some CTD’s deleting any joystickprofile causes crash to desktopp without errormessage.

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•nothing changes when starting with an empty wgs folder, existing profiles work.

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• I thought this issue has been fixed a few months back. Apparently, it has returned. Trying to either DELETE or CLEAR an existing custom profile that I created, cause the SIM to immediately CTD (back to the desktop).
Please MS/Asobo, fix this so I am not forced to return to MSFS2020 again.