April 15, 20242 yr I want to use Add On Linker to link files in the Community Folder to a folder on a new external hard drive. The online video advice I've seen starts from the assumption that you do not have Add On Linker previously installed so are starting from scratch linking each file in the Community Folder to a folder on a new external hard drive. In my case, I already have Add On Linker previously installed linking the Community Folder to an Add On Folder on the internal hard drive. Can I then:- (a) simply move the existing Add On Folder on my internal hard drive to the external one? (b) if (a) is possible, do I need to do anything within Add On Linker so it cancels the existing link and recognises the new one? (c) if (a) is not possible, should I delete the Add on Folder on my internal hard drive and basically start from scratch linking each file in the Community Folder to a new folder on the external hard drive? Any advice on this would be appreciated. I expect there's a very simple answer to this which due to inexperience with Add On Linker I've not been able to see!!
April 15, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, Beagle Pup said: Any advice on this would be appreciated. The advice I have is don't do it! An external drive is much slower than an internal drive. Your load times will suffer from the slower read speed. If you can, put non-MSFS content onto your external drive instead to free up space on your faster internal drive. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
April 15, 20242 yr My advice is to buy a bigger internal drive. An external drive will increase loading times a lot and possibly lead to stutters. However, if you insist you can: First unlink (deselect) the entire folder you wish to move. Move the folder to the external drive Remove the old folder in Addon linker options Add new folder in Addin linker options Select the new folder There might be other ways to do this but this us fairly intuitive to do. Edited April 15, 20242 yr by orchestra_nl Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
April 15, 20242 yr I agree with all the above - about not using a possibly slow external drive for active MSFS content. With respect to moving stuff, I think orchestra_nl's instructions are spot on. If you have any of these addons assigned to various Linker *presets*, they'll all be retained - even though the physical folders have moved.
April 17, 20242 yr Author Many thanks F737Max, orchestra_nl, and Adamski_NZ for your contributions on this topic. I bought a Crucial X6 Portable SSD 1TB (up to 800mbps) so trust that this will be fast enough for load times. I’m inclined then to follow orchestra_nl’s advice on this to move the Add On Folder to this external drive. The only point I’m not clear on is how to unlink (deselect) the folder within Add On Linker and any further advice on this would be much appreciated.
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