Not 'another something smart' invented by ms/asobo to make things annoying with MS Store:

Edited December 14, 20241 yr by doudou

Thank you again @Adamski_NZ and @doudou ... i had the wrong path and that explains everything

here is a version that is hopefully fixed -> https://www.mediafire.com/file/f6nu3rmxkcr4fba/MSFS_AddonsLinker_2024_TEST_20241214b.zip/file

another little question 😱, the 'streampackages' subfolder is in the 'localstate' folder or also in the 'localcache' folder ?

🍻🍻

24 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

another little question 😱, the 'streampackages' subfolder is in the 'localstate' folder or also in the 'localcache' folder ?

Nah ... that's back in "localstate" ;) ... hard to know what the logic of all this is! I'll grab the new exe and report back ..

UPDATE: File opened correctly - and I was able to make edits. I made a manual backup before doing anything. I had the backup option ticked when saving, but couldn't find the backup file AL created afterwards. Any ideas?

Edited December 14, 20241 yr by Adamski_NZ

54 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

but couldn't find the backup file AL created afterwards.

hmm 😱 .. you should see a content file with the name date time appended to it in the same folder

6 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

hmm 😱 .. you should see a content file with the name date time appended to it in the same folder

Nope! 'fraid not :(( .... maybe it's permissions problem? I searched all the other locations as well, BTW.

thanks again for your time, really appreciated 🍻 🍻🍻.. it's getting a bit late here on the opposite side of the earth compared to you 😱 .. no immediate idea of what is happening there for you, i will try to clear this up tomorrow 🤞

yep it's maybe a permission issue, really hard to say, if you try to create a file manually in that folder does it work or does it tell you that you're not allowed, that might explain it if there are some restrictions (but i think the tool should show an error if it can't save the backup)

Edited December 15, 20241 yr by Bad_T

8 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

yep it's maybe a permission issue, really hard to say, if you try to create a file manually in that folder does it work or does it tell you that you're not allowed, that might explain it if there are some restrictions (but i think the tool should show an error if it can't save the backup)

I can create a file there no problem. I always run my default user as administrator.

On the bright side, I edited my entries for my 2020 version of the AH Spitfire MkI and it worked beautifully! My previous edits for scenery (around NZMF) were all reported correctly.

Have a good night :)

Some progress ... AL saves the files after all, but only after multiple saves (with the tick box checked).

5 hours ago, Adamski_NZ said:

AL saves the files after all, but only after multiple saves

hmm that would be even more strange than not saving at all 😱😁 .. the same code is executed for every save so i don't really see how it can happen .. oh well it's all so complicated when it should be all so simple 😜

27 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

hmm that would be even more strange than not saving at all 😱😁 .. the same code is executed for every save so i don't really see how it can happen .. oh well it's all so complicated when it should be all so simple 😜

Is the output being buffered somewhere? I'm not 100% sure, but I think one of the saves saved the *previous* version. I'll keep an eye on it - to see what's going on. 

yes it saves the previous version -> the current content.xml gets copied and renamed (its windows modified date will still be the old date that's normal, but the date/time in the file name is the current date so you know when the backup has been created).

and no there isn't really much in the save process, when the file is saved the backup is created before saving the file, if the backup process generates an error, it should show an error and the process is interrupted. So i don't really see how it could save your file without backup it first and even more strange if that sometimes works and sometimes not .. it's really very mysterious ... 😱

 

Mystery solved! ie. There's no mystery ... it's working exactly as you describe. Sorry to have raised your blood pressure for a while, LOL!

32 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Mystery solved! ie. There's no mystery ... it's working exactly as you describe. Sorry to have raised your blood pressure for a while, LOL!

oooh great 🍻🍻🍻 .. thanks for letting me know, blood pressure was ok but yeah have some scratches on the head 😁 .. if all is ok i'll probably release a new official version tomorrow evening after work.

Thanks again for your time with this, really appreciated ! ❤️

Using the column chooser, I customized the columns. I then changed the order to suit me. I can find no way to save these selections. When I exit AOL and restart, all columns are back to default.

This is with version just d/l from  flightsim.to, I know I must have missed something but sure can't see it.

 

Thanx!

 

Hello,

yes there is an option for that, it's in the right click menu 🍻