stevetag Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 This is a new one for me, 2 years of almost no issues with MSFS 2020 Premium Deluxe and last night, when clicking on the MSFS Icon, it opens the Store instead. My app is in the store, I have reset the store and still, even with store updates, all I can do when clicking on MSFS is open the store. Has anyone else run into this issue in the Forum? I have seen some posted solutions for others on the net but none have worked and I would hate to have to reset my PC. Any help would be very appreciated. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger1962 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 If your MSFS icon is on your desktop, it has somehow become corrupted. Have you tried launching the sim from the Start menu instead? If it does launch, an MSFS icon will appear on the Taskbar which you can right-click on and select "Pin to taskbar" for future use, that's how I launch MSFS every time. Tim Wright "The older I get, the better I was..." Xbox Series X, Asus Prime H510M-K, Intel Core i5-11400F 4.40GHz, 16Gb DDR4 3200, 2TB WD Black NVME SSD, 1TB Samsung SATA SSD NVidia RTX3060 Ti 8Gb, Logitech Flight Yoke System, CH Pro Pedals, Acer K272HL 27", Windows 11 Home x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Thanks Tim but I get the same result, opens to the Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidc2 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Have you logged out of the Store, rebooted, relog into the Store to see what happens? Windows 10 Pro, 32 gigs DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GForce RTX 3070, Intel I7 10700 running at 3.8, with Noctua NH-L9x65, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler-HP Reverb G2 for Virtual Reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Thanks Dave, I will try that to see if that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 No luck, still opens the store. Anyone know where the executable for MSFS 2020 actually is and what it's called? I have checked the Windows App folder and there are tons of folders with all the letters such as the Community Folder is labeled but I don't see an exe file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidc2 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 No luck, still opens the store. Anyone know where the executable for MSFS 2020 actually is and what it's called? I have checked the Windows App folder and there are tons of folders with all the letters such as the Community Folder is labeled but I don't see an exe file. Not sure if this it, but here goes :) https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/where-would-i-find-the-exe-file-of-msfs-2020/386041 Windows 10 Pro, 32 gigs DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GForce RTX 3070, Intel I7 10700 running at 3.8, with Noctua NH-L9x65, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler-HP Reverb G2 for Virtual Reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Thanks Dave but no, it didn't help, I did a complete restore of my computer, lost all the updates etc over the last 2 years and can't re-install MSFS - I am going to blame Biden for this too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Solved - mostly, had to download Windows 11 over Windows 10 and that fixed it and allowed me to install however, although all my configurations were also loaded and installed, I can't send a flight plan to the GPS, Garman or a third party and, pressing GPS if I put a plan in manually has no effect. it's like the Nav key is dead. Heading works but Nav is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetag Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Actually after another reboot all is running better than ever, high FPS and nav working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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