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Simstaller

Install downloaded add-ons, inspect the MSFS virtual file system, and troubleshoot package conflicts.

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How to use Simstaller

A video tutorial on installing Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons with Simstaller, including automatic folder monitoring and destination bookmarks.

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How the MSFS virtual file system (VFS) works

How the MSFS virtual file system layers core, official, and community packages, and why add-ons that change the same file can conflict.

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Get your ZIP file icons back

Restore the default Windows icon for ZIP files by changing the default app for compressed files from Simstaller back to File Explorer.

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Simstaller logs

Attach the Simstaller log, and export a VFS report for an MSFS 2020 package conflict.

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