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You might read this topic from a bit over a week ago. I did too much poking around attempting to customize a couple of things in 2024, screwed it up, and had to reinstall 2024. Then my addons (via Addons Linker) began disappearing. A few to start, then after taking many if not all of the steps suggested above all of them disappeared. Spent three futile days on it. Finally fully uninstalled both MSFS2024 -and- Addons Linker. Every trace I could find. Did not touch my library of addons themselves. Reinstalled both and bingo, everything back in place. The reinstallations took less than an hour (vs three lost days). And Addon's Linker somehow kept most of my settings. Had to point to my MSFS 2024 Community folder and reestablish the links for programs I use Addons Linker to start for me. Also had to reinstall some other addons that stay rooted in Community. Like GPS avionics etc. You might start with just a removal and reinstallation of Addons Linker and see if that alone works. Do use it to first empty what it has placed in your current Community folder. It is easy with Addons Linker to reposition those after the fresh install.

Well this topic is not in my sweet spot to say the least.... But do recognize to each his/her own. It's all about community, or is that Community?

Basically what you seemed to say is change the settings to make things more equal. Somehow some of us, including yours truely, do not subscribe to that sort of comparison. Thats all. No harm intended. I find any comparison of native MSFS wx to AS a bit weak, if not substantially weak. Transitions be darned! Many of us will take transitions in stride if the rendering is superior. Been since the middle of the pandamic that I was up as a right seat ride along in GA, but such IRL transitions do occur. With AS those are a result of streaming updates. Personally I take those in stride as they may be somewhat unrealistic, but are not totally unrealistic. And those are brief in occurance. I fly in real time. I take bathroom breaks. I could easily miss those transitions. Funny how that all works isn't it? Enough said.

I am not sure what he said that you pointed out as not true. Seems you just said a word salad of sorts about changing settings to prove some point. As a former meterologist I fully appreciate what AS has brought to the table, much as I appreciated AS16 in FSX. And I am compelled to add here that since separately embracing Beyond ATC (BATC) I am heads over heels happy to finally hear ATIS reporting actual Dew Point temps instead of always 12°C, that even when the ambient temp is lower than 12°C. How embarasing that has been after now how many FS2024 updates. Weather has appeared to be the last thing on Asobo's mind.

Looked back in my MS Excel flight log. Early 2013, for the Super Bowl (Baltimore Ravens), was my last destination flight there, that other than a brief refueling stopover in 2023 on a trip between Phoenix and Orlando.

My MSFS 2024 Controls profiles were still intact. And despite removing all traces I could find of Addons Linker, it worked like a fresh install, elimnating the issues but somehow retained some key settings via Tools. A real breath of fresh air. I spent the better part of three days chasing the gremilins reported in this topic. Totally removing both MSFS 2024 and Addons Linker, as much as could be identified, then reinstalling both from scratch took less than one hour. Lessons learned. I note that in my presence here as logged since 2002, this post is my 9,997th.

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Mighe be for me if one of my three teams advances to a future, yet to be announced Super Bowl. Until then......

Sorry. Had to do that after repairs following an emergency landing. Was empty with a minimal fuel load and no co-pilot. IBM locally provided the AI that showed it would be successful.

Are you using AutoFPS? Have been in total bliss with my Hondajet for nearly two years now. No need for updates to DLSS (though I do take advantage <grin>). Happy to see your Hjet rocks, though its cold (OAT) up there! Using BATC with traffic its fun looking down at the airliners below.

RESOLVED. Took a total uninstall of MSFS 2024. I mean total, clearing out all cobwebs! Then a total uninstall of Addons Linker, including cobwebs. Reinstalled sim, then linker. First test of one addon airport and one livery shows success. Both were issues when this first started two days ago. Thank all of you for the suggestions. So many issues can be cured with help here. Have enjoyed this community since 1998, four years before the total site crash that some us still recall. Hope my controls profiles are still intact from the cloud.

The folders in the folder are put there by Addons Linker and they appear to be files in folders, not links. That is what is mystifying. And frustrating. When this started it was about three liveries and several addon airports that would not show up in the sim. After trials and errors to cure that its now all of my addons.

Hey Craig, I believe if you read my OP you will see that this started with the links/files in the defaullt location. Moving to a custom location was one of several attempts to resolve the issue. So it was a function of overcoming an issue, not one of saving space.

You may have identified the issue. Both MSFS 2024 and Addons Linker 2024 point to d:\MSFS\Community. As you suggested I deleted all of the folders in that directory, cleared all selections in Addons LInker, closed Addons Linker, started it again, and made some new selections. Then the resulting folders in d:\msfs\Community all point to themselves in "D:\msfs\Community", not to the source folders which are in "D:\MSFS Addons". It populates the target folder almost instantly. It does not have time to actually copy all those files. So it appears to be restoring deleted files rather than placing symbotic links. Even with actual files and folders instead of symbolic links, MSFS still is not seeing or using them. How can I overcome this?

Been there done that. That was an early step, repeated when I gave up on default Community location and went to custom location. In both cases the path in Library settings and the path in Addons Linker agreed. I am really mystified.

After a 2024 reinstall, and using Addons Linker 2024 I cannot get my addons to show in MSFS 2024. I have pointed to the same path with both MSFS 2024 and with Addons Linker 2024. Addons Linker is populating the directory at that path with my selections, but I just cannot get the sim to use them. I have tried using the default MSFS 2024 Community folder and have tried a custom location. I am setting the path by editing the UserCfg.opt file in: "C:\Users\fppil\appdata\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache" with Notepad++ Yes, the path is enclosed in the quote marks. (I am not a novice at this) I also then tried pointing to custom location "D:/msfs.Community". Did so in both the UserCfg.opt file as well as same path in Addons Linker 2024. Tried both "D:/msfs" as well as using "D:/msfs.Community" for the path. Addons Linker 2024 populated the folders. MSFS 2024 not finding them I am out of ideas. Never had anything like this happen in 45 years of flight simulations. Suggestions?

I just use the native controls settings in MSFS 2024. Like I wrote earlier, in FSX I spent as much time fiddling with first FSUIPC, then Spad:Next, then back to FSUIPC as I did logging flight hours. Decided not to do that again. For Hjet throttle cutoff detents I can use my mouse and spend 3 seconds at the start of each flight and again at the end of each flight. Not an issue for me.

Scott, Les is still a regular on the FFX Discord and around to help those who inquire. Frank

I have no idea. Have not personally attempted with either. You might watch this starting at about 23:20 into the video. It might provide some help.

Today I did some poking around on the web and as a result changed my ad blocker. The highly popular blocker I have been using became too detectible, leading to all sorts of pop up screens on web sites forcing unblock action. Today I removed that ad blocker and installed an open source ad blocker that also appears to block detection. So far (several hours) it is working smoothly and I am getting no more of the "in your face" stuff. It installs through Windows Powershell (as Administrator) and comes with an uninstall routine as well. It can be installed for individual browsers/apps, or for all browsers/apps. It is named "uBlockDNS".

HC Alpha yoke, Bravo quadrant, and Crosswind rudder pedals. I have (2) Bravos. One for general aviation twin engine prop and turbo prop, and this one customized for the Hjet. Tablet is connected to sim with FltPlan.Go app. My desk is not full-time dedicated to flight sim, so the desk mounted controls do not stay in place 24/7. I just put them in place this morning for the photo, but forgot to check the gear lever (ha!) Custom labels made with DYMO label maker.

You might benefit from checking out the FFX Discord site and when there digging into the Hjet Important Information section. There are solutions, abeit if I recall they are rooted in Spad.Next. In all honestly, for a while I seemed to spend more time with FSX fine tuning FSIUPC and Spad.Next for about five aircraft models than I did logging actual flight hours. Lesson learned. The Hjet is my goto aircraft for MSFS2024 (I retired from 24 years at Honda) and I find it effortless to use my mouse to stage my throttle levers after loading a flight. I just want to fly..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1uj8iI70pM

Please report back on that...

I live on the edge of the Washington, DC, controlled airspace, My two issues with BATC, which is what I use, are too many handoffs in that airspace and too much vectoring during approaches. Flying into KESN, Easton, Maryland, from the west I get handed off from one Washington frequency to another eight to ten times after descending through 25,000, and the same when climbing out through that airspace to the west. On approaches into smaller regional airports, such as KESN there is too much vectoring often taking me past the final approach course and then vectoring me back, usually to the FAF when shooting an ILS or RNAV (GPS) approach.

Thank you for that tip. As a result, for my two flights since reading the tip, after activating the approach I tune the tower freq as you suggested. Works great to get the approval to fly the approach without vectoring. This resolves the most glaring issue encountered with BATC.