That did not work either. I did the steps that was shown as the solution
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/fixed-on-live-1-19-8-0-you-are-missing-packages-that-are-essential-to-run-microsoft-flight-simulator-please-update-the-application-and-try-again/427269/388
It did do a little update when I started the sim and then had me go through the settings again like the person in the other post said it would do, but I’m still getting that same popup when the sim starts.