1 minute ago, 109Sqn said:

 

 

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.🤔

No... hold your horses.

3 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

That is where the problem lies..

Not saying you're wrong (it may well prove you've solved the issue) but it's worked fine for over a year.

1 minute ago, Bert Pieke said:

No... hold your horses.

Horses being held...🐎🐎🐎

25 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

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

OK, lets start here.

This is where MSFS looks for addons.

If you open this folder, there should be a Community folder in it.

What are the contents of that folder?

Just to verify.. do you have things installed across three drives:  C, G, and E?

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

47 minutes ago, Paul J said:

I suspect your CTD might have broken the links from this folder to your "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community" folder

Thinking the same thing... complex setup.. and links can break.

1 hour ago, fppilot said:

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.

Tried this whilst awaiting other answers. Same issue - add-ons weren't loaded into the sim.

9 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Tried this whilst awaiting other answers. Same issue - add-ons weren't loaded into the sim.

Lets just do this one step at a time... can you please answer my question(s).. and we'll get this sorted.

1 hour ago, 109Sqn said:

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

BTW, This actually has "" at the end instead of "

Please verify.

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

18 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Just to verify.. do you have things installed across three drives:  C, G, and E?

Well, C (anything I have no control over install location), F (Orbx sceneries, installed via Orbx Central) and E (my Community, Official and Addons [i.e. Addons linker] folders) I don't know why my G drive came up in the "Community" search for the entire PC - that is a data only drive (I moved Windows default folders (Documents, Video, Downloads etc there - just the ones Windows has a mechanism for allowing a new location). I don't tend to use those folders anyway, I save things on a different drive.

 

 

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

25 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

OK, lets start here.

This is where MSFS looks for addons.

If you open this folder, there should be a Community folder in it.

What are the contents of that folder?

Now, maybe you're onto something here... There is a "Community" and "Official" folder. The "Community" folder contains symbolic links to Orbx add-ons (I have them on my F: drive, installed via Orbx Central), same for half a dozen liveries (Megapack ones I reckon), and a couple other .exe installed airports. The only things in there which are not symbolic links are... the AH Spitfire and AFC_Bridge, which is a Honeycomb Aeronautical set of files which the sim has been showing as uninstalled and wouldn't provide the option to install it. What is missing are all the symbolic links which Addons Linker has been creating in my "E:\Flight Sims\MSFS\Community" folder!

That suggests to me that the solution is to make Addons Linker put its symbolic links into the Community folder on my C drive rather than my E drive. Since they are merely links, they will only take up a few bytes of space (even though I'd rather have as few things aside from Windows on there). I could even create a symbolic link to that folder on my E drive so I'm not having to remember an extra location in the future.

 

Whatdyathink?🤔

2 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Whatdyathink?🤔

Yup, you've got it.

25 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

BTW, This actually has "" at the end instead of "

Please verify.

Sorry, typo. Only the one "

2 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Yup, you've got it.

Thanks. I'm going to take my time over this so I don't make a goof, but I'll report back once I've tried it.🤞

6 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Thanks. I'm going to take my time over this so I don't make a goof, but I'll report back once I've tried it.🤞

I would hazard a guess that your G drive may actually contain the Community folder, even though you address it via the C drive address.  That is the way it is set up on my system.

Go to the G drive, search for Community and open the folder to have a look..

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

2 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

I would hazard a guess that your G drive may actually contain the Community folder, even though you address it via the C drive address.  That is the way it is set up on my system.

Go to the G drive, search for Community and and open the folder..

You're right, how confusing! I've just told Addons Linker to connect to "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community", and now both the Community folder on G and the folder accessed via "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community" contain the same 1018 items.

 

Now to fire up the sim...🤞