Windows 10: Upgrading SSD firmware - lost FSX app in All Apps List

I upgraded my Samsung Magician from 4.8 to 4.9. After doing this I was presented with a firmware update to my two Samsung Evo850 SSD's. I did the update on both. All appeared to go well.

Immediately after this however, I noticed that the layout of the tiles on my Start Menu was reset, not laid out in the way I group them. No problem, just rearrange. However one tile was missing - for Flight Simulator X - the main reason this PC exists. I then noticed that this program (FSX) no longer appears in the All Apps list either. It used to be under Games or Microsoft Games I think. I am able to navigate to the fsx.exe application file in the FSX directory and it runs perfectly. This is installed on my second (F:\) non OS SSD drive. Other apps installed on F:\ are ok though. Only FSX is affected.

I tried to "Pin to Start" from the FSX folder (fsx.exe) but it does not. I created a desktop icon to the program (fsx.exe) and tried to pin that to start and it also did nothing. The desktop icon does start the program fine though.

I cannot see anything else that is wrong, just that my FSX is no longer registered as an app in the Windows Start Menu and I am guessing this is causing it to refuse to display as a tile on the Start Menu.

Does anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking maybe a simple registry edit is needed to fix this. Problem is that there are perhaps several hundreds of entries in the registry for this program and related add-ons. Reinstalling/Repairing the program is not an option right now [will take days, maybe weeks to get it back to where it is now] so, I need to find a proper fix, or live with the issue until I do find the fix. Running Windows 10 x64 Pro with the recent major Nov update installed.

Thanks!

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Windows 10

I was able to load Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition (Gold Edition would not install) on my Windows 10 desktop and it worked fine when I used it after installing. But I closed the program and now cannot get it to open. All the files (12.8 Gb)
appear in the x86 programs, although the FSX program does not appear in "All Apps" listing. Also, there is no desktop icon for FSX anywhere, it does appear as an app in Settings. Help !

 

W10 1703 Update deleted FSX

Hi,

Compatibility issue or outdated application may be the possible reason why your FSX game was deleted. For us to better assist you, kindly answer the following questions:

• Does your Microsoft Flight Simulator X game updated?
• Does this happen only with your FSX game or with other apps also?
• Have you tried reinstalling FSX?

Any response will be highly appreciated.