Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it?

No

Have you disabled/removed all your mods and addons?

Yes

Brief description of the issue:

Simulator does not proceed beyond the MFS logo screen/fails to reach the menu.

I was able to play the sim twice since the 40th anniversary update, but as of this morning the simulator will not load at all.

Provide Screenshot(s)/video(s) of the issue encountered:

Forums keep crashing when I try to upload the image.

Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:

PC specs and/or peripheral set up if relevant:

• 8700K • RTX3070 ROG OC • 32GB DDR4-2666 Vengence • Samsung SSDs. MSFS installed on its own dedicated NVMe drive

Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:

1.29.28.0

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edit: I tried reading content on Zendesk to see if any solutions were present, but I am photosensitive, and the lack of a dark mode means I can’t look at the support website for more than about five minutes.