Now I'm having trouble getting into 2020
- Thread starter LouP
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Hello all! We are aware about issues when trying to launch MSFS 2020 where’s it’s stuck on “checking for updates”. Moderators have escalated this to MS/Asobo to look into (as well as some issues with launching MSFS 2024). Please note that it is a weekend and this may take a bit for them. Thank you for your patience and reports. You may use this topic to report: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/stuck-on-checking-for-updates-msfs-2020-11-january-2025/696784 - The MSFS Forum Moderation Team
LouP
Flight Sim Junkie
The simulator does not open
after 1 hour it had o pened and had CTD immediately
forums.flightsimulator.com
Well, thank goodness they "know" about it. They may not care but, they know.
J.Case
Members +
I have to admit I'm becoming worn out - after all the fluster cluck on '24 - did they really srew up the last working release of their marketing praises?
Since mid November I'm spending my time with figuring out what works and what not - mostly calming down again with hope for some sort of update until christmas (didn't mention the year)
I'd really appreciate if they'd cut a little bit on the marketing front and spend this money on reasons to fly MSFS(2024)
Nice side effect: They can also cut back on apologies
Rant over
Since mid November I'm spending my time with figuring out what works and what not - mostly calming down again with hope for some sort of update until christmas (didn't mention the year)
I'd really appreciate if they'd cut a little bit on the marketing front and spend this money on reasons to fly MSFS(2024)
Nice side effect: They can also cut back on apologies
Rant over
fallenphoenix1986
SOH-CM-2022
I give up, tonight is the first night in about 3 months I've had time to do anything sim related... DCS it is then.
Fun fact: I was having the same issues the whole day long. I uninstalled 2024, cleaned my rig of the remnants of 2024, rebooted, and everything was working again.
I don't mind the issues they're having with 2024 as long as I can get into 2020 to actually do some flying.
Priller
I don't mind the issues they're having with 2024 as long as I can get into 2020 to actually do some flying.
Priller
K5083
SOH-CM-2024
What worked for me was to rename my Community folder, then it started up and I could update it, then after update I quitt, restored my Community folder and it ran fine. I did not need to delete any addons.
However, upon restarting after the update, it had reset all Assists to novice mode and buggered up some other settings, so I had to spend some time getting it configured again.
August
However, upon restarting after the update, it had reset all Assists to novice mode and buggered up some other settings, so I had to spend some time getting it configured again.
August
I was thinking the same thing. What's more, it happened to me after an update of '24.
Anyway, I'm keeping 2020 for the time being. Because it works for me. I still own 2024, so we'll see what happens in the (near) future.
Cheers,
Priller
Didn't have time to mention this yesterday, since something came up right after my flight, but when I launched the sim yesterday for the first time in a week, the update screen duration was the shortest it's been since the launch of '24. I'm wondering if something was partly broken, then finally broke, and then MS/Asobo actually fixed it. I'll have to try again, possibly this evening after work.
K5083
SOH-CM-2024
I only have 2020, and there were definitely issues this weekend. I think there was just something in Community that the update was tripping over.
I think I am going to stop updating what I downloaded from fs.to, especially if the author says it works in both 2024 and 2020. I'm getting the feeling that when a lot of authors say "still works in 2020," they mean they can't think of a reason why it won't work in 2020, not that they have tested it. Unless it's explicitly a 2020-only product, I'm basically going to freeze my 2020 install while I wait for 2024. Never used most of those airports and skins anyway.
August
collensr
SOH-CM-2023
Seems like we were all suffering in silence. After my aborted attempt to use 2024 I went back to 2020 then after using it fine for 2 days got the "Checking for updates loop"....tried everything and spent hours researching the problem before finally bailing out and doing another clean install. The good news was that it cured the nosewheel steering problem I had with the MILVIZ T-6A....