April 10, 20242 yr Hello. I have downloaded the addons linker from Flightsim.to. I extract the files but I don't see any install fille just the single application file. The .exe file launches an XML config file. When I click the MSFS_AddonsLinker application file it says starting and then launches to the Options page and doesn't let me add any Folders to the Add Folders area. It lets me browse to where I want a folder to be added, I click it but doesn't add it to the Add Folders area. It keeps saying I need to add at least one folder to apply changes. All the tutorials show it launching to a main program page not the options page. Is there another way to "install it"?? Any help appreciated. Windows 10, store version MSFS 2020. Thank you. Rob KSCH
April 10, 20242 yr hello, the zip contains all the files you need just unzip them anywhere on your disk and you'll be ready to go, there is no 'installer' it's just drag/drop/use 😱. Maybe you don't see the file extensions because, by default, Windows hides them (not a good idea imho), the main exe is the one called 'MSFS_AddonsLinker.exe'. There is another file called 'MSFS_AddonsLinker.exe.config' which is just a configuration text file, so yeah, if you click on that one, it will not work (if you don't see the extension you will probably not see the '.config' at the end and you might think it's the EXE but it's not). At the first launch, it's normal to be presented with the 'options' screen because the program requires some settings to be set in order to work. In the this video [YT/watch?v=O68u05JZXL8] at 2min45 you can see exactly that, then he proceeds by adding the required folders. The video is a bit old and based on an older version but for the initial installation process it's still 100% valid. Not sure what you see different than in the video on your system when you say the 'folder is not added', if you still can't figure it out maybe send me a little video if possible. Feel free to PM me if you need more help (I'm the author). I will not be online for the next 16-17 hours so maybe someone else will be able to help in the meantime if this reply is not enough. 🙈 very important : you said you have the store version of the sim, so if you start moving folders outside of your community folder make sure you test that they work fine when linked via AL before moving too many files, for some users with the ms-store version the files are kind of encrypted and they don't work anymore when moved (not something AL can do anything about). So my advice, if you're not that much into 'computers technical stuff', is to start slowly and make sure sure you understand how everything works before moving too many files. It should all be easy, but yeah, 'computer stuff' is 'computer stuff' 🙃 Take care 🍻 Edited April 11, 20242 yr by Bad_T
April 11, 20242 yr Author Thank you for the info. Found when i scrolled down to bottom of selecting my addon folder the ok button!! Using it to have my FSLTL folder on separate drive to save 35GB on my MSFS drive. I now see the addon folder in my community folder with an arrow pointing to my FSLTL folder. However when I run the FSLTL injector and click start, it tells me no liveries in the community folder?? Will have to get back to you in a week or so, leaving on a much needed holiday tomorrow for a week. I'll get some screenshots at some point.... Best, Rob
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