I was away for a couple of days. Heard there was a new update coming out and was looking forward to that. Started the sim, got a message that the “mandatory update” was available in the Store (it used to be “checking for updates” in the sim, wasn’t it). I couldn’t find an update in the store. Did a …

I’m in the same boat as you. No amount of firewall disabling/creating of exceptions seems to make a difference.

I did. (I belong to the “IT crowd” iykwim)

This has took me around 35 minutes to clear the issue and get into the SIM. Disabling windows Defender allowed me in. Launching from the Xbox app was a no, so thats removed… no great loss. I couldnt get an exclusion through the firewall on this occasion… says IM not an admin… when I am… its my pc …

Run registry editor In windows seacrh bar type regedit and press enter Copy/paste to registry editor adress bar HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages and press enter expand packages and click Microsoft.FlightS…

Yep: [image] I spent 2 hours today. I also uninstalled stuff that got recently installed by the store (some Asus ■■■■, Armoury crate, Aura whatever, ROG Service). Rebooted ofc. No difference. Guess I am done, I’ll just wait for an update. Thank you all for trying to help!

Turns out, because I cant add Flightsimulator.exe to the exceptions list (because it wants me to open a file), I have to bypass Windows defender each time I start the pc. That’s going to wear thin after a while. Its a work around, but not wholly acceptable for an overly long time. Seems a way to a…

StubbiestCargo5: Turns out, because I cant add Flightsimulator.exe to the exceptions list (because it wants me to open a file), When you add an exclusion, 4 options pop up: File, Folder, File Type, Process. Choose Process

In windows seacrh bar type powershell right click on powershell and select run as administrator Copy/paste to powershell window Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.10.8.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\flightsimulator.exe” (right click to paste into…

OK thanks. FS is OK now after disabling Real-time protection, running FS, then re-enabling Real-time protection, running FS. But I copy your instructions above in my list of fixes in case it crashes again.

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RevampedSine732 November 4, 2020, 10:55pm 244

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