Why wont my Microsoft flight sim open after the initial download from MS Store????!!!!!

Had same problem. Finally restarted computer and flight sim loads no problem. It seems to me that this will happen if you visit the App store and games then later try and start the flight sim. So either restart your computer or stay away from the App store if you are going to load flight sim. Well MS will fix it one day.

Hi thanks for the message, I'm confused about Microsoft accounts, I purchased flight sim from a thrid party vendor who provided me with a code to enter when I reached the Microsoft store to download the sim, which I did back in March of 2021.

My sign in details for microsoft store ask me to enter my pin which is 4 digits and I do this and then gain access and this is how I purchase my Marketplace add ons from within the sim by using the same 4 digit code.

I have no understanding of xbox accounts or other Microsoft accounts and being signed into the coreect one, two or 3 in order to download the sim.

I downloaded the original flight sim from within the Microsoft store BUT I now note it wants me to use my xbox account, and maybe this is the issue as although I can sign into this account I have no idea if t tallies with anything to do with my microsoft account.

All I know is that I am unable to install the app.

I have spent over £500 in Marketplace of flight simulator and there has never been an issue when it comes to taking my money so why is there now an issue when it comes to re installing the sim?

Surely installing/re-installing a sim should not be this painful?

Regards,

Gary

I have been using the flight sim for more than a year with no problems. Computer is GXi2800BST, 16 GB DDR4 memory, NVIDIA GeForcs GTX 1660 Super 6Gb 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD.

I deleted the 2 non Microsoft software that I had installed from the MS store. I removed all the hardware additions. I made sure I was signed into Xbox & Microsoft. I have all updates.

I repaired and reset Xbox and ms flight sim in settings / apps. Now I have to reinstall ms flight sim because that removed it from my pc. What a pain!!

Thanks for trying to help.

This from the MS Flight Sim FAQ page, tho: The Play Anywhere is a new initiative by Microsoft to combine platforms of gaming, letting Xbox gamers play on PC with any first-party Microsoft Studios published
game that is digitally purchased and vice versa. Microsoft Simulator is an XPA title.

I tried everything suggested to download the files on my desktop pc, but nothing worked for me. What I did do was to install MS flight sim onto my laptop, run the update and then copy the content of the folder to my desktop pc via an external drive. It work
fine and so did the small update that came after the initial install.