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MSFS not detected during Orbx Central installation, can't add manually, and products purchased through website not shown in Central


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When I installed Orbx Central it only detected FSX not MSFS (2020) and there was no option to choose it manually. How do I go about installing the Orbx products I purchased through the Orbx website?

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Hi there NHWan, I just want to add my welcome to that of Doug's. And wish you many happy hours flying the Orbx world.

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Thanks Doug and tuisong for the welcome to the forum :) All I see when I click on that menu is "Flight Simulator X" (I have FSX and FS2004) also installed on this PC). I'm running both Orbx Central (v4.1.23) and MSFS on a Windows standard user account installed on the same SSD drive and I purchased the Orbx products through the same account as the one I logged into Orbx Central. Under the General Tab in Settings it only lists Flight Simulator X under "Active Simulator:"
 

My PC specs are:

  • Windows 10
  • Intel i9-9900K
  • Motherboard: MPG Z390
  • 32GB RAM
  • RTX 2080 Super

Orbx Store with MSFS.jpg

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Hello,

Orbx Central looks for certain things in order to find the simulator.

Which version are you using?

The choice seems to be

Microsoft Store

Steam

Aerosoft DVD

X Box Game pass.

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Hello,

thanks.

Orbx Central looks for %LOCALAPPDATA%/Packages/Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalCache/UserCfg.opt

AKA C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt

It then reads the file and looks for the final entry, 'InstalledPackagesPath', which must point to the MSFS core files folder.

 

In my case, that is:  InstalledPackagesPath "G:\Microsoft Flight Simulator"

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That entry in the UserCfg.opt file reads:

InstalledPackagesPath "C:\Users\*Username*\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages"

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Hello,

some users have found that it works again after they have run MSFS a couple of times,

perhaps try that?

Please make sure that Orbx Central is closing between sessions and not minimising to the taskbar.

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Hi Nick,

Gave it a go with 4 cycles but again, no luck.

 

The first time I installed it it detected FSX and had an option to add sims that weren't automatically detected, however, in the drop down menu MSFS wasn't an option.

 

I'll give it another crack later after a PC restart and some more flying time.

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Thanks, I'm not sure what is happening, or indeed why there are so many apparent

solutions that work for some and not for others.

I cannot replicate the problem here, except by deliberately removing one or the other of the requirements.

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Here we go: UserCfg.opt

  • The path to this UserCfg.opt file is:                      C:\Users\Non-Admin User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
  • To the MSFS Official and Community folders is:  C:\Users\Non-Admin User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Package
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Yep! That is something I suspect. MSFS and Orbx Central are both installed on the non admin account, however, when running Orbx Central Windows User Account Control asks "Do you want this app to make changes to your device" and requires an admin password

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