Flight Simulator Won't Start

Honestly this was the most worthless answer you could have given me since this was the cut and pasted answer to every other question posted on anything close to this question.

It didn't work at all.

I'm just going to delete everything, uninstall the program, re-install it when I get to a place with a faster connection and live with the regret of having done more business with Microsoft than I ever should have done.

These are the basic solutions for game play issues. However, if the issue persist after reinstalling the game, we suggest getting in touch with the game developer to report the issue.

Please Let us know weather you are facing this issue only with Flight Simulator or all of your games so that we can work on other solutions.

Hello @badkneeski! I hope you're doing great out there despite the issue that you're experiencing.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this situation is causing you.

Issues like these could be easily fixed with some troubleshooting steps. I will list some below. Please give it a try and let us know the results!


Restart your device and the network hardware: Restart your computer as well as your router.

Update your PC version: Check for the latest updates on your Windows firmware version as it can be outdated and should be updated to the latest patch to run the game properly.

Clear cache and data: Try clearing unnecessary background running tasks on the PC that should help a lot. Head over to the Task Manager and close the higher CPU/Memory consuming tasks one by one from the ‘Processes’ section.

Also, please let us know if you are running into error codes/ messages when trying to launch the game.

I hope this helps you out!

Hello, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

Try running the game as an administrator.

update never finishes? Unable to start flight simulator.