Using exe.xml?

[Mughug7130]

I have seen one or two posts that exe.xml can be used in MSFS 2020 but the posts are vague or incomplete in details.

Can anyone enlighten me as to its use in MSFS 2020, the file format, and the location for the Steam version of MSFS 2020?

[Grinde81]

I found this post:

@ImpoliteGem5317

For Steam, the EXE.xml is located under USER/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator

Great explanations and examples in in this topic:

Start (multiple) programs on MSFS startup with this exe.xml 'tip'

You can start (multiple) programs, exe, dll (Littlenavmap.exe, headtracker, The Skypark etc. etc.) on MSFS startup with this .xml file. It is normaly used for plugins to load on startup (Logitech panels). The file is/should be located/created in AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\exe.xml for the Windows Store version. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?> <SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0"> <Descr>SimConnect</Descr> <Filename>SimC…