MSFS Safe Mode Error

Since installing World Update VI, I have regular been getting the following warning message on launching Flight Simulator. It is annoying, because it pauses the load waiting for a selection and only once "Safe mode" or "normal mode" selected, does it continue to load.

The official support documentation tries to level the blame at 3rd party addons, but in fact this error is common, even with no addons. The trigger that causes this, is a lock file that is created on launch and is meant to be deleted on exit, but often is not.

The file path is:

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_<key>\LocalState

running.lock

Once you exit the simulator, safely check for and delete this file and you will start next time without any annoying error dialog.

Flight Simulator Catalog

 Microsoft Flight Simulator has  been out now just over a year. Released on August 18th 2020, I pre-ordered and have since been trying to keep up with all the add-on scenery released. Initally, in a spreadsheet, I keep track of the new scenery products that I buy, but have since created a website to track both my purchases and my explorations in the game.

A new feature of the game is Points of Interest (POI) and I am slowly creating a database of all the default POIs and those added with some 3rd party developers.

For all payware scenery addons and a growing list of POIs,  please visit Flight Simulator Catalog.

CRJ-700 Taking off from Princess Juliana International Airport