I just got an update in the microsoft store and downloaded it, started the game and the simulator deleted itself and now I have to download the whole game again including the community folder !
I have it installed on my work laptop when I travel and at home and both did the same thing!
What is annoying is the whole sim is gone including all my community folder !
I suspect this may have something to with gamepass or a licencing issue but you should never leave your package files in their default location. Always move them to a different folder and update UserCfg.opt with the new path.
I use MSFS Addons Linker » Microsoft Flight Simulator
for my community stuff. Basically the community folder will be located in a safe place. FS2020 will only have a reference to that location. Whenever FS2020 gets deleted (G. knows why) you will only lose the references and still have your community folder with all your downloads.
Yes and I backed up the Community folder and when I downloaded the official release I restored the community folder and deleted the backup … now 2 weeks later the sim self deleted everything !
Yes but why two weeks or more after the update goes live? Unfortunately I deleted my community folder backup when I restored it after the official update.
Why would Asobo suddenly do a patch or update that wiped out the whole sim and community folder weeks after the update went live? If it had happened two weeks ago I had a backup!
I didn’t get the chance as the update official release downloaded and ran before I had a chance to delete the beta. Like I said above up until 2 weeks ago I had the community folder backed up. Why now? It’s bizarre!