How to find Microsoft Flight Simulator DVD Installation-Software Launcher in Windows 11

Its happening in PC Windows 11 and no, when i installed Microsoft Flight Simulator the first time, it crashed, so i never played it

It sounds like your son may have purchased and downloaded the Flight Simulator software digitally, rather than on physical disks. To reinstall the program, you will need to locate the original source where it was downloaded from and redownload the software. If your son purchased the software, he should have the information on where and how it was downloaded.

If the Flight Simulator software was purchased on the Microsoft Store, you should be able to reinstall it by following these steps:

Open the Microsoft Store app on your computer.

Click on the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of the window to open the menu.

Select "My Library" from the menu.

Locate Flight Simulator in your library and click on it.

Click the "Install" button to begin the reinstallation process.

If you're having trouble finding the software in your library, you may need to sign in with the Microsoft account that was used to purchase the software. If your son purchased it, he may have to give you the credentials to access it.

https://steamah.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-fix-for-stuck-on-please-wait-3-68gib-remaining/

For me this worked, it was pretty much because the launcher wasn't able to decompress some files correctly. navigate
your way to your roaming file (%appdata%), find your way to Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Official\Steam, delete all files that are not folders (for me I had like 6 packages at the bottom of my listing that were files not folders), then rerun the launcher
and it should correctly install them.

Hope this helps! Good luck

Thank you

I have uninstalled and then re-installed. Obviously I can't then redeem the code again as it is already redeemed and linked to my account.

As I cannot redeem the code a second time it does not want to then go on and install the microsoft flight simulator software launcher.

Is there a way to do this manually?

Thanks again,

Kevin

Usual useless answer. Make sure that updates are installed, make sure your anti-virus is up-to-date. These are bad excuses for non working software. Even when "all WIndows updates are installed" (how could they not? you can't stop them from installing!) nothing works.

I've lost my money in Flight Simulator, but I'll not loose it twice: today both Flight Simulator AND the underlying OS will be removed...