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How to purge the "not installed" addons in content manager?

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I have 40+ "Not installed" addons in the content manager currently. They are all ones I either uninstalled from the MS Store or 3rd party I decided were not wanted anymore and manually removed from my Community folder. The only option in MSFS is to "install them".  Is there any way to reset this list?

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Good question I have occasionally wondered the same thing. I strongly suspect the answer is no! 😭

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Whilst in principal it sounds a good idea I suspect that they are there in case you wish to re install them.....

 

Especially the ones you have paid for....it's no different to a store account...I have many in a store list I will never use again.

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I guess you can't, because the "Not installed" products from the Marketplace, are those that Microsoft knows you bought it, because they are associated with your Microsoft account.

Actually, this is one I have wondered about as well b/c I have a few like AIG and Cartanya Files that were manually installed and ARE active but show as not installed in Content Manager.  

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21 minutes ago, psolk said:

Actually, this is one I have wondered about as well b/c I have a few like AIG and Cartanya Files that were manually installed and ARE active but show as not installed in Content Manager.  

As a basic rule, if the third-party product is in the Community folder, it will appear in the in-game Content Manager and
it does not matter whether it is reported as installed or not installed because, if it is not there in the Community
folder, it does not appear in the Content Manager at all. 

If the item does not conform to the Microsoft format, then it is reported as there in the Community
folder, but not installed.
If it does, then it is reported as there in the Community folder and installed.

The solution is not to use the Microsoft in-game Content Manager to check up on your third-party addons.
Instead, use something like the excellent Addon Linker, or even Windows File Explorer and your eyes.

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4 minutes ago, Reader said:

As a basic rule, if the third-party product is in the Community folder, it will appear in the in-game Content Manager and
it does not matter whether it is reported as installed or not installed because, if it is not there in the Community
folder, it does not appear in the Content Manager at all. 

If the item does not conform to the Microsoft format, then it is reported as there in the Community
folder, but not installed.
If it does, then it is reported as there in the Community folder and installed.

The solution is not to use the Microsoft in-game Content Manager to check up on your third-party addons.
Instead, use something like the excellent Addon Linker, or even Windows File Explorer and your eyes.

Yep, I just use explorer "and my eyes" although I am pretty certain you need your eyes for add-on linker as well 😉  

I'm just OCD so seeing something that "looks" like it needs to be addressed in some manner drives me nuts LOL ... OK, total honesty, I'm already nuts but this contributes LMAO  

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1 hour ago, psolk said:

I'm just OCD so seeing something that "looks" like it needs to be addressed in some manner drives me nuts LOL ... OK, total honesty, I'm already nuts but this contributes LMAO

Oh, I so get that <grin>

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