What is the process for a move to a new PC

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Hi all,

I would appreciate any help. I have a new PC coming in 3 weeks and will want to move MSFS 2020 onto that instead of the current PC

I bought MSFS2020 from the MS store. is it just a simples case of re-downloading the game? What about my pilot profile does is that stored in the cloud somewhere and will install on the new PC as well?

Thanks

Josh

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This link seems pertinent:

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?page=3&query=move+to+new+pc&utf8=āœ“#results

Scroll down to ā€œclean installā€

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Your pilot profile stays as well as your settingsā€¦I have meanwhile 4 times re-installed MSFS, thus can claim this. I do not think that you can move the whole installation from on PC to another one, which is quite annoying. I do not why we can not own the files, like in XP11 for example. My XP11 has over 400 gb (with add ons) and I do not need to download the whole ā€œthingā€ over and over again. And if important files get corrupted, the XP installer will find and repair them. However to make the long story short, you need a new clean install on the new PC I guess.

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I just re-downloaded itā€¦ Profile came over with the cloud sync.

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Thanks All.

Very much appreciated.

Best Regards

Josh

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You can :wink:

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Hi
I purchased MSFS 2020 from MS Store. I have Digital Ownership. How do I move Flight Sim Deluxe to my Steam Library . Steam requires a valid product key. This is not displayed on my MS pre-order or Invoice. Nor can I get this to display in MS My Library. I would prefer to keep all my ā€˜gamesā€™ in the aane ā€˜cloudā€™. Any suggestions welcome.

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You canā€™t.

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