There's a lot of threads and posts about this and I even watched a 10 minute video but none of them seem to have a clear explanation of how to quickly and easily get this fixed.
Here is the solution that worked for me:
Copy the exe.xml from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024
Problem solved.
The longer answer is this:
This program needs to run for the switch panel to work:
C:\Program Files\Logitech\Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin\LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe
You can create a shortcut and manually start the plugin every time you start FS24 (use this as this target "C:\Program Files\Logitech\Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin\LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe" --run --force), which seems to be the answer posted on most forums and in that 10 minute video. Or you can use the exe.xml file which is designed to do this automatically.
You will find the exe.xml for your FS20 install here:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
And if all you have is a simple exe.xml you can just copy and paste it to your FS24 install here (a clean install will not have any existing exe.xml):
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
If you already have an exe.xml in the Limitless package (FS24) then you can copy and paste the <Launch.Addon> section to start the logitech panel into your FS24 exe.xml
If you don't have an FS20 install then you can use the plain exe.xml I post below to create your own but you're also going to need the LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe installed on your system and I don't know how well the Logitech installer software will work without FS20 installed already. The Logitech installer software should be adding the <Launch.Addon> to the exe.xml but it will only do this for FS20, not FS24 which is the problem and why you need to either manually add it or copy the exe.xml from FS20 to FS24.
Here is what a plain exe.xml with just the logitech plugin looks like:
Here is the solution that worked for me:
Copy the exe.xml from MSFS2020 to MSFS2024
Problem solved.
The longer answer is this:
This program needs to run for the switch panel to work:
C:\Program Files\Logitech\Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin\LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe
You can create a shortcut and manually start the plugin every time you start FS24 (use this as this target "C:\Program Files\Logitech\Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin\LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe" --run --force), which seems to be the answer posted on most forums and in that 10 minute video. Or you can use the exe.xml file which is designed to do this automatically.
You will find the exe.xml for your FS20 install here:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
And if all you have is a simple exe.xml you can just copy and paste it to your FS24 install here (a clean install will not have any existing exe.xml):
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
If you already have an exe.xml in the Limitless package (FS24) then you can copy and paste the <Launch.Addon> section to start the logitech panel into your FS24 exe.xml
If you don't have an FS20 install then you can use the plain exe.xml I post below to create your own but you're also going to need the LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe installed on your system and I don't know how well the Logitech installer software will work without FS20 installed already. The Logitech installer software should be adding the <Launch.Addon> to the exe.xml but it will only do this for FS20, not FS24 which is the problem and why you need to either manually add it or copy the exe.xml from FS20 to FS24.
Here is what a plain exe.xml with just the logitech plugin looks like:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
<Descr>SimConnect</Descr>
<Filename>SimConnect.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Logitech Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Logitech\Microsoft Flight Simulator Plugin\LogiMicrosoftFlightSimulator.exe</Path>
<CommandLine>-r</CommandLine>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>