I’ve been running MSFS for years with little problems. This week after the welcome screen when I selected a flight the sim loaded up to about 80% and then just hung there. Restart in safe mode and same issue. Removed community - same issue.
Did a repair install - same issue.
Completely reinstalled sim - same issue.
At this point I verified that my system itself was fine with various benchmarks etc. Only program not working is MSFS2020.
I removed all controllers except wireless keyboard/mouse same issue - everything is fine up to welcome screen, just hangs at about 80% load after selecting flight.
I completely reinstalled again (170gb worth) - same issue.
One thing I noticed, when sim hangs, I use either ALT F4 or close button - when I restart, it does NOT ask for safe mode. I was able to force safe mode but problem remains.
I logged out of xbox and back in - same problem
System restore - same
used SFC and other commands to refresh windows image - no joy.
Only thing I haven’t done is try running windows in safe mode and running MSFS and deleting my cloud save settings although with nothing connected but mouse/keyboard I don’t see how my controller settings would affect this.
Can anyone tell me what is going on in the sim at the 80%ish load mark?
I am open to suggestions.
Thanx