The first thing you'll probably do when trying this tool for the first time is move your currently installed addons outside of your 'real community folder' to put them in your new 'custom addon folder'. To avoid problems, please try first with a single addon only to make sure everything works fine for you.It would be sad if you move 200GB and then you notice it does not work for you. Files placed directly in the new folder should always work but, for some users (not the majority) the files moved might get encrypted if you have the MS-Store version so it's worth checking before. Thank you.
note : for the detailed changelog, please check the 'changelog' tab at the top of the page, below are just general informations
Addons linker / Addon linker
Hello
Another little addon manager. Made to match my own needs and just sharing with the community.
I tried to keep the UI very simple but it should hopefully do the job 'feature-wise'.
- lets you organize your addon freely in folder and subfolders in your folder of choice
- will create links in the community folder. There is no need to move files in and out of the folder.
- very easy to activate/deactivate groups of addons (single click)
- lets you save presets of addons
- lets you rename addons (link will be automatically updated)
- lets you add / update / remove addons
Installation :
- just extract all the files and drop them in a folder of your choice and run the EXE file
usage :
- create a folder where you will put your addons, add your addons in there instead of putting them in the community folder, you can create as many subfolder as you want to organize your files efficiently
- launch the application, in the options screen set your 'addon folder' and your 'community folder'
- just click on the checkbox to activate/deactivate addons
- rest should be fairly easy to understand (little quickstart guide should be coming soon if needed)
notes :
- if it doesn't work please try to set the application to run as admin, if it works but you still get the message at the start, just disable the message in the options screen
big thanks to the guys in the AVSIM forum that helped me testing the very first versions with feedback and ideas. I will now post it here exclusively making it easier to maintain for eventual updates.
Thank you
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Putz_Diego
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Deltatristar500
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CucoNegron
However none of the two new folders (disks) items, when selected, appears in MSFS community.
Any clue ?
I asked Bard before posting and here is its answer:
«It seems like there is a bug in Addon Linker that prevents it from linking addons from later created directories.
This bug is being tracked by the developer of Addon Linker, and it is expected to be fixed in the next release.»
Do you confirm ? 😉 Anyhow, he knows you ...
And thank you so much for this game changer
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vita
very good job !
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Alainlu
I used MSFS Linker for a long time, it worked flawlessly always, no problems whatsoever. Last month, following my own stupid advice, I decided that I needed to clean-up my computer files because I was running short on disk space. No problem, said I, I have most of my downloaded files. So I reinstalled MSFS Addons Linker, and proceeded to set it up and reinstall a few airplanes, Scenery, and Liveries. None of the airplanes I installed show up in MSFS. None. I know I'm doing something wrong with this, but the problem is I have n idea what that mistake is, I have tried for the past month to figure out what I am doing wrong or not doing. I'm using WinRar and sometimes 7-Zip to decompress the zip files. I can't use MSFS without MSFS Addons Linker because I used to get a lot of CTD's with MSFS , And after using MSFS Addons Linke, I got no CTD's. Any help will be appreciated, PLEASE!!!
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anzilimut
I have configured my "community" add-ons in different folders for several islands (Canary Islands) and also other things like planes, external apps, and so on.
Now instead of having to start everything one by one, I just click one button and everything launches, even taking into account if the needed add-ons are activated or not!!
There's only one quality of life that I would like to see: it would be amazing that instead of having to open MSFS Addon Linker and clicking on the play button (which is the only thing I now need to do), it would be possible to have a direct link in the start menu to launch MSFS. That would be the absolute perfection!
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earthdog
My plan for now is to delete all the MSFS Addons Linker and start from scratch.
Any suggestion from you will be appreciated
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CucoNegron
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