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Habbel

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Cannot install Zurich MSFS not found
« on: December 15, 2020, 12:47:01 pm »
Hello I've the same problem which have some guys before me. Installer says no MSFS Installation is found.
Installer was run as admin and virus protection is turned off where the installer was saved.
Did you have a solution?
Kind regards Jens

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Re: Cannot install Zurich MSFS not found
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2020, 07:42:52 am »
The problem is caused by having installed MSFS 2020 with an user account, and trying to install the scenery using a different user account.

We updated the installer and current version tries to handle this case, and is searching for the MSFS preference files in all your user accounts so, be sure you are using the current version, which is dated November 30th.

If you still have the issue with the latest version, it's likely a permission problem with the other user account you installed MSFS from, which might be solved this way:

- log in with the user account you installed MSFS with

- Uninstall MSFS from that account

- log again with your normal user account and see if you can start MSFS, it should launch a short installation, and this should fix the missing settings file in your own account which caused the installer to fail to find the sim.

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Re: Cannot install Zurich MSFS not found
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2020, 10:07:02 am »
Well this does not work because the installing user was MSFS2020. I found a solution for that problem, your installer does not work correct in my case, please have a look at the attached log.
The solution in my case was to make a symbolic link between: C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt from M:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-3480065646-2766658366-1087699166-1001\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt
where my real installation is placed.

2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Log opened. (Time zone: UTC+01:00)
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Setup version: Inno Setup version 6.0.5 (u)
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Original Setup EXE: E:\MSFS2020\Payware\lszh_msfs_setup.exe
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Setup command line: /SL5="$F06C4,304188734,892416,E:\MSFS2020\Payware\lszh_msfs_setup.exe" /log=log.txt
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Windows version: 10.0.19041  (NT platform: Yes)
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   64-bit Windows: Yes
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   Processor architecture: x64
2020-12-16 09:53:20.716   User privileges: Administrative
2020-12-16 09:53:20.723   Administrative install mode: Yes
2020-12-16 09:53:20.723   Install mode root key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2020-12-16 09:53:20.723   64-bit install mode: No
2020-12-16 09:53:20.726   Created temporary directory: C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A1HSB.tmp
2020-12-16 09:53:25.987   Previous FSDT root set in the registry at:
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in current user account, looking for other accounts now
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS found in another user account C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in current user account, looking for other accounts now
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.533   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens Habermann\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Jens Habermann\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS found in another user account C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt not found
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt not found
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in current user account, looking for other accounts now
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS found in another user account C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in current user account, looking for other accounts now
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.534   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Denise\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\Jens Habermann\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   MSFS not found in C:\Users\Jens Habermann\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   Searching for MSFS in C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   MSFS found in another user account C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   C:\Users\Jens\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt not found
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   C:\Users\MSFS2020\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt not found
2020-12-16 09:53:36.535   MS Flight Simulator not found, the installation cannot continue
2020-12-16 09:53:36.537   PrepareToInstall failed: MS Flight Simulator not found, the installation cannot continue
2020-12-16 09:53:36.537   Need to restart Windows? No
2020-12-16 09:53:41.871   Deinitializing Setup.
2020-12-16 09:53:41.884   Log closed.

Kind regards Jens
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