1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

If I understand you correctly, the sim loads the Spitfire and the Orbx scenery from the Community folder.  

So it is reading its contents. 

 

Exactly, yes. Just not reading anything placed there manually it seems.

2 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community

We were posting at the same time.  There is no issue that that path length.  That however does not look like a default location from the installer.  Does not need to be, but seems to contradict what you posted earlier.  Could anything have changed the Windows permissions for that folder for the current User?

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by fppilot

1 minute ago, fppilot said:

Do you have a Microsoft Store installation?

I do.

1 minute ago, fppilot said:

Many users, myself included, had a difficult time with addons because the %$%&%^*%$&^%  path was buried so deep that it exceeded what is permissible by Windows.  Lets at least rule that one out!

Figured as much. I always try to keep paths as short as practical, at least in programs if not always in locations merely for storage (such as downloads or documents for instance).

8 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

I do.

Figured as much. I always try to keep paths as short as practical, at least in programs if not always in locations merely for storage (such as downloads or documents for instance).

OK. Earlier today in the official forums I saw a tip on this issue from back following SU4.  Try this if you have not already done so.  Try creating a folder side by side with your current Community folder, but give it a somewhat different name.  Something like "my new Community Folder".  Empty your current Community folder completely.  Install some addons directly into that new folder with the different name.  Delete the original Community folder.  Then rename that new folder to Community.  Again, have some addons in it already before you rename it.  It should now have the same path/name as the original that you just deleted.

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by fppilot

30 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community

How did you accomplish that?

You must have renamed a folder at some point...

Does the Spitfire show up in that folder??

What is the path shown in your UserCfg.opt file?   InstalledPackagesPath equals what?

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

33 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Exactly, yes. Just not reading anything placed there manually it seems.

I am suspecting that you may have two Community folders.. one that MSFS knows about and the one that you know about..

Community folder for MSFS.

Copy and paste the appropriate folder location into the File Explorer address bar.

Windows Store install:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

Steam install:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community

Boxed version install:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\MSFSPackages\Community

Custom install:
If you happened to use a custom location for your Flight Simulator installation, then locate the custom folder and look for the Community folder there.

1 hour ago, 109Sqn said:

E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community

Please check that the last line of your UserCfg.opt says InstalledPackagesPath "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS"

Crossed posts with a similar one from Fogbound, but here is where your default Community folder should be:

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

and I suspect your CTD might have broken the links from this folder to your "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community" folder, so I suggest find that folder, and install your addons manually first - into that folder, and that will tell you if you really have a problem, or, perhaps, just a linking problem.


 

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Paul J

28 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

I am suspecting that you may have two Community folders.. one that MSFS knows about and the one that you know about..

I'll address this first as it's relatively quick to check. I searched the entire PC for "Community" and I only found the folder I know about (as you called it) and the one with my symbolic links ("Add-ons") which Addons Linker uses. The latter shows up presumably because Addons Linker "tells" MSFS that this is actually the real Community folder even though the path is different (G:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-3947187520-2354784913-3403033832-1002\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages). The actual Community folder is at C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages (where ***** is my username of course).

Lots of responses, so thanks for that. I'll try to respond to them in as logical order as I can!

1 hour ago, fppilot said:

We were posting at the same time.  There is no issue that that path length.  That however does not look like a default location from the installer.  Does not need to be, but seems to contradict what you posted earlier.  Could anything have changed the Windows permissions for that folder for the current User?

52 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

How did you accomplish that?

You must have renamed a folder at some point...

Does the Spitfire show up in that folder??

What is the path shown in your UserCfg.opt file?   InstalledPackagesPath equals what?

As I post above shows, the "long" path for my Community folder is indeed C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages     That does link to E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community when I select "open in new window" from the search window (i.e. when I searched for "Community" in the entire PC). So it seems to me that Windows correctly points the MSFS to the folder on my E: drive.

I never renamed a folder but I did use a custom install rather than default location.

 

Edit: The Spitfire is in my "Add-ons" folder (full path E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Add-ons\Aircraft_3rd party\Props_Military\AH_spitfire_5_MSFS ). Contrary to what I thought I remembered, the readme.txt for the Spitfire says "The folder named ah-cardspit needs to be placed in your community folder of your MS Flight Simulator. It is expected that you know how to do this." I have that folder in the "AH_spitfire_5_MSFS"  folder listed above.

InstalledPackagesPath is correct: "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages""

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by 109Sqn

11 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

I'll address this first as it's relatively quick to check. I searched the entire PC for "Community" and I only found the folder I know about (as you called it) and the one with my symbolic links ("Add-ons") which Addons Linker uses. The latter shows up presumably because Addons Linker "tells" MSFS that this is actually the real Community folder even though the path is different (G:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-3947187520-2354784913-3403033832-1002\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages). The actual Community folder is at C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages (where ***** is my username of course).

Hmmm, that sounds like two to me..

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

30 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

Links to my Addons Linker "Add-ons" folder.

19 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

The latter shows up presumably because Addons Linker "tells" MSFS that this is actually the real Community folder even though the path is different

That is where the problem lies..

28 minutes ago, SierraDelta said:

Please check that the last line of your UserCfg.opt says InstalledPackagesPath "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS"

 

25 minutes ago, Paul J said:

Crossed posts with a similar one from Fogbound, but here is where your default Community folder should be:

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

and I suspect your CTD might have broken the links from this folder to your "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community" folder, so I suggest find that folder, and install your addons manually first, and that will tell you if you really have a problem, or, perhaps, just a linking problem.


 

 

10 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Hmmm, that sounds like two to me..

So guys, are you thinking I should backup the UserCfg.opt file then change the InstalledPackagesPath to "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS" and see if that makes a difference? Even though it's technically the same location, perhaps the name is confusing things somehow.🤔