URGENT ISSUE - MSFS 2024 Phantom Update Resets Everything Xbox & Windows PC (not steam) 3/21/2025 (~23:30 UTC)

L’espoir n’est pas une stratégie
:rofl:

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Hope has been Asobo’s strategy for years. :smirking_face:
Hope it gets better in the next few years!

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SU2 beta imminent by looks of things. Forum stencil created for it now.

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Yep. Looks like it

That is really too much for me. I fly with MSFS since FS98 and hundreds (1000s ?) of $ for MS and addons. I lost all my settings again Ang most of the addons are not working (I restored correct link for the Community Folder). I even don’t want to revert to MSFS 2020 but I just purchased Xplane. Shame on you Microsoft and Asobo.

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Hopefully this time around they don’t plan any releases for a Friday afternoon or evening.

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The Phantom Update hit me for a second time!
I was hit first 3 days ago.
I reinstalled MSFS2024, downloaded some of my extras e.g. Fenix, Navigraph, A350, airports etc .
I didn’t attempt to use MSFS2024 until today.
But before I did I followed the instructions to resolve the problem by leaving the beta. I rebooted and immediately MSFS2024 got deleted and reinstalled. So I lost all my extras again.
This is really annoying, to say the least.
If the wizards in Microsoft are not certain a solution they are suggesting will work they should say so.

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Hmm… Xbox app says I have an Update for 2024.

Is it this issue (again), or is it SU2?

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To be clear, what happened last week was not a planned release. The production team was doing some back-end prep work for the SU2 beta that should have been completely invisible and transparent to end users. We are still investigating the cause of the phantom 8.7GB deployment and why it affected some PC users but not Xbox users.

Please see this topic for more information:

Thanks,
MSFS Team

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The SU2 beta just went live on all platforms. You can read the (very lengthy!) release notes here:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-2-beta-1-4-7-0-release-notes-march-25-2025/712825

Thanks,
MSFS Team

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WHEW! Thanks, amigo!

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Lots of fixes, but no DLSS4 support yet!

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No. If you are currently enrolled, then you will now have access to SU2 Beta.

Check your Xbox App, MS Store or Steam, as required., to update.

I am updating right now…

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That is just textual. I had the same issue and I just downloaded SU2.

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I think this time around I will remain enrolled. I had more hassle coming out than the patch from Friday, to be honest.

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