MSFS 2020 just can not install

Sysprog#001 · Aug 20, 2020

i have tried to download the deluxe edition and it refuses to download/install in both the ms store and xbox apps, it fails with 0x80070422 saying windows update is not active...but it is, windows updates and the services are all active.

i have gone through all the trouble shooting pages on the web, but nothing helps.

i went to microsft support and some one logged on and whizzed around not doing anything and trhen said ring xbox support.

so utterly useless.

i am stuck i do not know what else tor try.

a completly useless way of installing software.

:)

Sysprog#001

sorted it

had to upgrade windows to may 2020 update

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

installed now

elwookienator

tried that still getting error 0x80070141

cannot install state of decay, msfs 2020 or fallout 76

Timsky100

Once again thanks for the reply. I have since purchased TSW 2020 and still get a CTD at launch splash screen. I just can’t figure out why it won’t work. I have MSFS 2020 installed and despite the issues after updates I can still play it, TSW is not as graphically intense as that!

MaxiDoom

I can also confirm this worked for me on PC. I downloaded the XBOX app via the store.

Then, in store, clicked the three dots.

Then "downloads and updates" and sure enough there was an update for MSFS 2020 1.19.9.0. This was 507.0MB.

I then started MSFS 2020 which went to its own install manager and showed me the "Standard Content" mandatory update which was 108.12MB. The total download, however, was 3.19GB.

I then downloaded all available updates in content manager.

Once all this was complete I quit to desktop and restarted MSFS 2020 without issue.

I think it's VERY strange to need to install the XBOX app for any updates to show in the PC's Microsoft store!!

Poetic Phoenix 3

Thank you for contact us! I'm Anderson, an Independent Consultant and a Microsoft user like you.

good night

First you need to uninstall the game through steam, and then install it from the microsoft store.

If you have already made the purchase through the microsoft store, confirm here:

https://account.microsoft.com/billing/orders/

I tried the following

Here are the steps I followed

1. Remove MSFS 2020 from steam

2. Delete the steam account on the steam web page

3. Uninstall steam on my PC

4. Go to MSFS store and buy MSFS 2020

5. Install MSFS 2020

6. Launch by double clicking the application.

-- When I did this I got an error about this gamertag already connected to some other or something like that. ---

Did I miss something?

MSFS 2020 just can not install