When we launch MSFS it take a while to run and there is no indicator for loading or splash screen.
It is nice to have a splash screen or loading indicator when start msfsf from as store app
My fans ramp up a few seconds after I launch the sim, but if I really want to verify it, I just pull up the task manager and scroll down through the background processes. This is also how I abort the start if I click the icon by accident.
FSJumpstarter2020 starts up the sim with a splash screen that is displayed until after the credits screens then quietly closes itself down. You’re then at a black blank screen while the game loads but at least you know it’s running.
Google it for the link - it’s on Github.
Does anyone have quite a wait between clicking the Flight Simulator icon (on the desktop or start menu) and from when the sim window actually pops up? Mine is up sometimes to 20 seconds before I can see if my click was successful or not.
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Exactly the same problem here, the Task Manager shows nothing is going on, CPU, Memory, SSD are all idle… What’s going on in the background is a mistery to me…
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Seems to be pretty much standard. I put my shortcut on the toolbar. Only need one click to start. Doesn’t load any faster but at least I know it wasn’t me. Can’t screw up ONE click but a double click…
“did I double click? Should I wait? Nah, must have screwed up the clicks, I’ll do it again. Oh, XXXX! now I have two! Should have waited…”
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It’s quite amazing that this basic feature has not been implemented yet.
I can’t think of any other program or game that hangs for 30 seconds without any activity at all before finally showing something on screen and initiating the loading process
Without this delay the game would load within 70-80 seconds to the main menu which would then be reasonable albeit still slow by todays standards
I am not sure what you are seeing I see splash screens and progress bars
It happens to me, too. I double-click on the MSFS icon and it takes a little bit of time before a screen shows up, leading me to wonder if Windows successfully registered the double click.
When I first got the sim I would often continue to double-click the icon and inadvertently open a handful of Microsoft Flight Simulators.
OK - I think I see that. After clicking the icon there is a delay before the app is spawned onto the task bar
Yep! A little confusing to newcomers to the sim.
I agree - something should happen fast even if it slows up after that
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Can you quantify it? For me it is exactly 30 seconds. Running off an SSD
Approximately 30 seconds over here, too, and I’m also on an SSD.
23 sec for the MS version and 36 sec for the steam version with Steam ‘cold’. MS is on a SSD Steam on a regular hard drive
Overall however Steam seems to load to the main screen faster than MS. Both Content Folders are on a regular hard drive
The LOGO, which is missing would be nice. Every MSFS version had a Flight Simulator logo. Nowadays I’m playing: World Update USA
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While waiting for an official splash screen, in the meantime, why not trying this simple workaround script that does a similar job? 
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It is not only a matter of showing a splash screen but ideally to get rid totally of those 30 seconds, if you monitor the windows processes, memory, hd, nothing is happening until the first splash screen is shown, only some 25-30% of CPU usage, must be going through the registry.
Considering the startup time is already quite long cutting it by 30 seconds would be a nice improvement.
I once checked detailed disk activity before the application boots, it seems that it is creating a shader cache during that idle minute.
At this point a splash screen to confirm that you’ve actually clicked the icon is really needed but if they could somehow eliminate the wait, maybe by having the shader cache created while the company logos are playing, would be a nice improvement.
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Something very similar was produced back in November which I use.
“FSJumpStarter.exe” puts up a splash screen which starts immediately and by-passes the various startup logos. Doesn’t reduce the loading times but at least you know it’s working! It is replaced with a black loading screen before the game runs when the .exe programme closes.
It’s available on GitHub - just Google it.