I wonder if somebody can help me with this conundrum. I originally downloaded MSFS to my D drive and installed MSFS Add on Linker too, pointing it to my community folder on the D drive.

During one of the MSFS updates I seem to remember forgetting to tell the installer to update to D drive and it installed everything again to the standard C drive.

I have only just noticed that when I run "Community folder finder" it points to the C drive (and the folder is fully populated and up to date) but checking out the settings in MSFS AddOns, it shows the following: d:\wpsystem\s-1-5-21-819395844-1098284098-2466235434-1000\appdata\local\packages\microsoft.flightsimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\localcache\packages\community and that looks fully populated as well.

Should I have TWO community folders, both which appear to be up to date, or have I messed up? As MSFS is working fine albeit slowish at loading up, I am wary about deleting what appears on the D drive. I hope somebody can understand my rambling and advise me what I should or should not do please.

2 minutes ago, Espana Pete said:

I hope somebody can understand my rambling and advise me what I should or should not do please.

First of all, do not delete anything.

I bet you a beer that your C drive location is a link to your D drive, and you are OK.

Most likely one of them is a shortcut to the other.

...jim

 

Maybe not related but after I installed Windows 11, I simply copied over the main download folder I had backed up but also the AppData folder for the sim, thinking it would just get all my settings over. However, Contrail store kept pointing to some other location (old Windows 10 location, before I made some harddrive sorting).

I realized it had written something to the AppData flightsim store about the location of the installation. So I deleted that and let it create a new one, Contrail saw the new location and everything worked again.

Maybe you also have something similar going on.

4 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Maybe not related but after I installed Windows 11, I simply copied over the main download folder I had backed up but also the AppData folder for the sim, thinking it would just get all my settings over. However, Contrail store kept pointing to some other location (old Windows 10 location, before I made some harddrive sorting).

I have too updated to Win 11 so you may be right. After further investigating I am even more confused as if I paste C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community into MS File Explorer, it actually opens up the community folder in D Drive - but I certainly never set up MSFS AddOns to this file: d:\wpsystem\s-1-5-21-819395844-1098284098-2466235434-1000\appdata\local\packages\microsoft.flightsimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\localcache\packages\community

I am sure I am going senile 😞 

 

11 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Maybe you also have something similar going on.

Why not start with the simple explanation..

Just now, Espana Pete said:

After further investigating I am even more confused

This is actually the normal setup, if you installed MSFS on the D drive.

Stop worrying.. you are OK.

1 minute ago, Bert Pieke said:

Why not start with the simple explanation..

I read the replies out of order (red face).

2 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Why not start with the simple explanation..

Sorry your highness

Just now, Sethos said:

Sorry your highness

No need for that..

Just now, Bert Pieke said:

No need for that..

Neither was yours.

Just now, Sethos said:

Neither was yours.

Actually, before suggesting that users delete and rebuild... a little basic troubleshooting might be in order. 😉

1 minute ago, Bert Pieke said:

Actually, before suggesting that users delete and rebuild... a little basic troubleshooting might be in order. 😉

Yeah, then say that like a normal human being instead of that silly coy stuff. What are you, 12.

1 minute ago, Sethos said:

Neither was yours.

But I think Bert was right. I was worried about how full my C drive was getting the other day and took a note of the free space on both C and D drives. I have currently downloaded the magnificent sum of 9 Gb of MSFS update in 2.5 hours and it has indeed gone to D drive, which confirms what Bert said. My supposition was wrong.

Just now, Espana Pete said:

My supposition was wrong.

Happy you got it sorted. 🙂