Make a ‘Quick Start’ Shortcut

Save yourself some time every time you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 by creating a quick start shortcut. This will bypass all the branding logos at start-up and get straight to loading the sim.

How to Make the Shortcut

You can probably encode this option into a single shortcut link, but I prefer to use a batch file so I can store the active part in my Exe directory where it will be safer.

Here’s how to make the batch file, but note that its for the Microsoft Store version of the sim, so Steam’s reference will probably be different.

1. Create a text file
2. Copy the following text into it all on one line:
   C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch
3. Close the text file
4. Rename the text file from .txt to .bat
5. Run the new .bat file to ensure its working as expected
6. Put the bat file somewhere safe
7. Make a shortcut to it
8. In the shortcut properties, enable ‘run minimised’
9. All done