I have never encountered this problem before, but suspect it's something that is easily remedied. Basically I'm wanting to move some sceneries that have been installed into my community folder and move them to my scenery addon linker folder. I think the issue is fairly self explanatory and help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

 

Edited December 5, 20223 yr by Rockliffe

The only ways I know how to do this are to use the unstoppable copier or to zip the folder, then move it and unzip it.

I have that issue too, but I go around it by using AddonsLinker. 

ZIp / move / unzip is my way around it.  MS has crazy protections for MSFS folders..

I use the free Teracopy for this sort of thing: www.codesector.com/teracopy

1) Copy (not move) to your new destination.
2) If no errors, then delete the originals from the Community folder.

You might also want to check the Addendum in my Linker Procedures Guide: Linker: General procedure

Edited December 6, 20223 yr by Adamski_NZ

8 hours ago, cianpars said:

The only ways I know how to do this are to use the unstoppable copier or to zip the folder, then move it and unzip it.

 

8 hours ago, Republic3D said:

I have that issue too, but I go around it by using AddonsLinker. 

 

7 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

ZIp / move / unzip is my way around it.  MS has crazy protections for MSFS folders..

 

5 hours ago, Adamski_NZ said:

I use the free Teracopy for this sort of thing: www.codesector.com/teracopy

1) Copy (not move) to your new destination.
2) If no errors, then delete the originals from the Community folder.

You might also want to check the Addendum in my Linker Procedures Guide: Linker: General procedure

Thanks guys, all good advice, much appreciated. 

A simple solution is to rename Community to something else, e.g., Community_bak. Its files can then be moved wherever you want. And if you use Addons Linker, you will never again have to move any actual files in or out of Community -- only links.

1 hour ago, cobalt said:

A simple solution is to rename Community to something else, e.g., Community_bak. Its files can then be moved wherever you want. And if you use Addons Linker, you will never again have to move any actual files in or out of Community -- only links.

Thanks, but I've tried dthis and no change. Can't cut and paste, can't delete, can't copy, nothing!

2 hours ago, Rockliffe said:

Thanks, but I've tried dthis and no change. Can't cut and paste, can't delete, can't copy, nothing!

Hmmm. This suggests a different problem that I am not familiar with. Once you have renamed the Community folder, it should be possible to do anything you want with the files contained in it. Are you saying this is not the case? You DO have MSFS turned off, correct?

Edited December 7, 20223 yr by cobalt

30 minutes ago, cobalt said:

Hmmm. This suggests a different problem that I am not familiar with. Once you have renamed the Community folder, it should be possible to do anything you want with the files contained in it. Are you saying this is not the case? You DO have MSFS turned off, correct?

Tried renaming the folder, no change and yes, MSFS is off.

4 hours ago, cobalt said:

A simple solution is to rename Community to something else, e.g., Community_bak. Its files can then be moved wherever you want. And if you use Addons Linker, you will never again have to move any actual files in or out of Community -- only links.

This has never worked for me (MS Store version). Anything created/installed in the MSFS packages folder is encrypted/protected. I'm guessing this trick only works for the Steam version <?>.

@Rockcliffe - Teracopy is your best solution. It's quite quick and easy.

20 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

This has never worked for me (MS Store version). Anything created/installed in the MSFS packages folder is encrypted/protected. I'm guessing this trick only works for the Steam version <?>.

@Rockcliffe - Teracopy is your best solution. It's quite quick and easy.

Renaming Community works fine with the MS Store version as well. And it is not true that everything in the packages folder is encrypted. If that were so, add-ons wouldn't work! 

Edited December 7, 20223 yr by cobalt

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