MSFS 2020 two games installed STEAM and digital download

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We appreciate you for bringing this up to Xbox Community Forum.

We understand that you cannot play with your son on MSFS 2020 when the game moved to F1 on steam. As per description, you want to know if you can buy a standard version of the game MSFS 2020 for your PC and if there's no conflict from the Steam community folder game or add-ons.

To answer your question, yes, you can buy the standard version of Microsoft Flight Simulator and run it alongside F1 game on Steam. There should be no conflict from the Steam community folder game or add-ons. You do not need to remove any files. However, Steam purchases will not be available, but you can purchase the edition you are interested in from the in-game Marketplace.

You may check these links for more information.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition on Steam (steampowered.com)
  

• Microsoft Flight Simulator FAQ – Microsoft Flight Simulator Support (zendesk.com)
  

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

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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?

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!!

Hello John,

I own the Steam version of MSFS2020 Deluxe Premium. With Steam, in the case of MSFS, we download the installer of not more than 1GB. This applies to a new installation of the game as well when MSFS has mandatory updates. After downloading the small installer with Steam, it launches and we are confronted with the Installation Manager of MSFS2020. At this point Steam is not handling any more concerning the download service.

This is the moment where the issue arises: instructing MSFS to download the update or new installation leads to the display of the installation manager of the first package but never achieves to download anything. It states all the time 0 Mbits/s. I repeat, Steam is not managing anything at this point.

When you mention that none of my favorite three reasons are plausable, I don't see how the game could be causing the issue on my system but not on any other system of other users as well!?

I am stuck here with no viable option to troubleshoot anything more, unless you have a brilliant idea that hasn't been suggested yet.

Ralf Maeder