WU7 Mandatory Update, Requires a full installation?

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I have first updated the Microsoft Store before Booting the Simulator, Updated the ingame mandatory update also. Rebooted the sim… Now i get another update, but it seems to be reinstalling the Entire sumulator?

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Is there anyone that could shed some light on this? Perhaps this is the norm for this world update, i have never had to do this since launch. Regards

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Hi there, DId you participate in the beta testing ?

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Sadly no. I just started the sim and was greeted by the normal “Mandatory” update concerning the Microsoft Store at first… as per usual mandatory updates. This is a first for myself as in… all of the previous updates never reinstalled the whole software.

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If the update is asking you to redownload the whole sim (IE. 100gb+), navigate to C:\Users\yourusernamehere\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache for MS Store users and open UserCfg.opt file, scroll to the bottom and double check the directory noted after InstalledPackagesPath.

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Thank You… This is what id does state

InstalledPackagesPath “C:\Users\mysma\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages”

I am assuming it looks correct?
It is a headscratcher for sure, or maybe more of a headache, I will just let it do it’s thing at this point then, Thanks for replying anyway, to you all. I was just wondering if anyone else had this also is all. Regards

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Did that match the directory that it wanted to install the 116GB to? (Essentially the screen that appeared before the one you show in the screenshot).

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I believe it does seem to be “overwriting” each folder within the Official One Store… I just checked the timestamps of each aircraft etc in there, and it is todays date etc.
EDIT : Yep, i can say with some degree of certainty now, the last file (at the correct time, is indeed a part file(At the bottom), which is still installing to there.

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It is strange that it did this though.

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Got the same problem. Next problem was that the sim did not see the community folder. So everything I put in de community folder, the sim did not see.
Now I’m installing the 179GB for the second time.
Very strange all together.

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