MS FS 2020 no longer works after installation Capture One Pro. Any advice?

Hi,

Can you advise what 'Capture One Pro' is please? The only thing I can find is that's some type of photo editing software. I which case it shouldn't be interfering with MSFS2020.

What happens if you uninstall this application?

Also, a good piece of advise for the future: Installing Windows 10 is very easy. All you need is a USB flash drive or SD/MicroSD card and use Windows Media Creation tool to re-install the OS. You shouldn't need to take your PC to a PC repairer. It's wasted money.

Plus, completely wiping the OS because one game doesn't work is a pretty drastic measure. You shouldn't need to do that.

If you have any questions I'll be happy to help.

Had to restore Windows because after the clean boot the pin was gone and could not be reset. So impossible to start Windows. But your are completely right about being able to restore from USB. Capture One is a very professional Photograph software, which incidentally also does a check whether the software is already running.

How does one specify DVD or download version for MS FS 2020?

Same problem here. My configuration is:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K 3.60 GHz

32 GB RAM

NVIDIA RTX 3080-Ti

Win 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.819

MS FS 2020 1.27.21

All system/windows updates applied (as usual)

NEVER had any problem getting the MAX out of my MS FS 2020 configuration.

Nov 7, I did the last Win 11 Pro update 22H2. May be this has something to do with it.

The last couple of days I got CTD's as soon as I hit Ready to Fly in World Map.

Using standard aircraft etc.

All Add-on's (Navigraph, Pilot2ATC, FSUIPC, SpadNext) up-to-date and never causing problems.

The weird thing is that Training Lessons are working perfect, even after hitting the Ready to Fly key.

Reinstalling MS FS 2020 is definitely not the way to go. We really need to find out what causes the CTD's.

Otherwise we have no guarantee and we will be playing trial-and-error.

One hour after I posted this problem, I noticed the following.

In my MS FS 2020 General Options > Graphics (DLSS setting Quality), I saw that quite a few settings that I had put to ULTRA (because of my RTX 3080-Ti card) were put back to default. I put them back to ULTRA and saved the new settings. Then I quit MS FS2020.

I did not immediately did not start up FS2020 but first upgraded my GeForce Game Ready driver to 526.86.

Hereafter I restarted MS FS 2020, tried my default flight with an A320 from EHAM to EHRD (live weather, realtime) and I could not believe my eyes: it just worked as usual. Bite me!

I really don't know what made it working again. I must be the extreme graphics settings and/or the new GeForce Game Ready Driver.

Hopefully somebody can comment on this. I sincerely hope that other simmers can profit from this.

Kind regards,

-gw

I have a Sidewinder Precision Pro and it is recognized by both my old system and FS 2020. When you go to the Controller Screen in FS 2020 does it show up? If it does, it won't have any mappings. You have to configure it yourself. Not surprising for an old
stick.

If it doesn't show up go to the Control Panel or Settings app and see if it is there. If isn't, then you have another problem. It might be in a USB 3.0 port instead of a 2.0 one. It should work but try moving it to a different USB port anyway. If Windows
recognizes it in any USB, right click on the device and test/calibrate it. If every thing is okay, go to FS 2020 and it should show up in your Controls. Just select it and start mapping each control.