Empty community folder before update?

[Jeff D 13]

Seems to be some conflicting opinions over the web concerning emptying the community folder prior to the update. yes? no?

 

[guenseli 1,589]

no

[St Mawgan 1,359]

No

[rutrA 282]

Just change Community to Community1, it will create a new folder - do the update and you have peace of mind. Then delete the empty folder, delete 1 from your main folder and no problems. Few seconds work...

[ErichB 3,642]

Does anyone know what's changed which doesn't require emptying the community folder any longer?  Was always a big drama before.

[ErichB 3,642]

Just now, rutra said:

Just change Community to Community1, it will create a new folder - do the update and you have peace of mind. Then delete the empty folder, delete 1 from your main folder and no problems. Few seconds work...

This is usually what I did

[St Mawgan 1,359]

It was never a big drama here. I never emptied, renamed, copied or did anything to the Community folder and have not once had an issue. Maybe before SU1 there was a suggestion that it might be a good idea, who knows. 

[Nemo 1,305]

no, no and no. There is also another thread just below, which in summary says NO.

 

[Jeff D 13]

Looks like the no's have it. Here we go....😳

[toprob 105]

 I don't think that Asobo have ever recommended this, they do say that if you have problems after the installation then this should be the first step to see if there was a conflict with one of your addons. A few people missed the conditional and it then became an update mantra.

[Farlis 2,287]

No.

[Bobsk8 12,706]

Negative.

 

[kerosene31 349]

No.  If you update and start the sim and have problems, cleaning it out would be step #1, but I see no reason to do it ahead of time. 

[Ixoye 1,821]

No, the update doesn't change anything in your community folder, but you may have problems with some community add-ons after the update, but that's another issue.