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
Would it be an idea and is it possible to add a feature where you ( in the addon map ) can point and click which airports ( or even areas by drawing a parallelogram ) you want to activate?
Many greedings from Germany
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dgio
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qvwnMadness
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JT59
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jbrooks2
A true must have addon!!
12 days ago
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AMADI
I have almost 4,000 add-on folders in my Community folder, and probably a lot of them are airports. The manual categorization of primarily airports simply discourages me from using this program.
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skandalsky
This did not look right so I checked the preset file for dir entry and "Community "was not in it.
Renamed main dir to "MSFS Addons Linker", restarted and all ok. How "Community" was added i cannot work out, as directory folder dates reflected original install dates. It was very interesting chasing directory structures and file locations. Thanks again for a great program.
13 days ago
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mooneyman
Question, I did a re-installation of MSFS and also moved my OrbX directory. I´m getting an error msg in AL that seems to point towards OrbX not being found. Also I´m unable to completely re-do the selection of where the "addon repository" is now.
I tried just deleting the Addon Linker folder and then re-install, but all old settings seemed to stay, so I guess there is some .ini or similiar elsewhere?
How do I completely uninstall and then do a clean install of Addon Linker to start over from scratch?
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Tordan69
If you want to work with many different addons this should be a must-have.
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FinFan
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robwell99
Edit: bad2000 replied within a few hours with the solution and I've got it working again! Which is great because this tool is a must have!
Solution: Corrupt MSFS folders that could not be read by addon linker. Either find them and delete or do a clean reinstall of MSFS.
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ansarias
Every day it would work perfect and it would always look so tidy, as there was never any complexity within my lifespan 😉
Allways Happy Landings,
Heinz-Werner Arens (aka Captain Moonlight from Warstein in Germany)
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CaptainMoonlight
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Kalnaros
I am having an issue with your excellent software. I am getting the 'Unhandedled exception error box'
I hope you can help.
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Mcdee6174
Thank you
Harold
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h3100