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    MSFS Addons Linker 2020/2024 - Image 1

    Description

    Hello,

    Since version 0.22.x AL now supports both MSFS2020 and MSFS 2024

    • to use it with MSFS2020 launch the MSFS_AddonsLinker.exe file
    • to use it with MSFS2024 launch the MSFS_AddonsLinker_2024.exe file

    Note : new versions may introduce new features or important changes, please always check the changelog entries when installing a new version.

    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 moving too many files. Thank you.

     

    Another little addons manager. Made to match my own needs and just sharing with the community. The main features are :

    • organize your addons freely in folders and subfolders with no limitations
    • quick activation/deactivation of addons without moving the files on the disk
    • presets management for global activations
    • map screen for addons localisation and activation
    • liveries browser
    • documentation browser
    • content.xml editor (msfs2024 only, will let you disable/enable base content 'streamedpackages' if needed)
    • airport icao scanning and duplicates finder
    • several other utilities to check addons (modellib / materiallib / ...)
    • ability to connect to simulator and visit addons with aicraft teleporting (via the map screen)
    • many more little options here and there ....

    Installation :
    - just extract all the files and drop them in a folder of your choice and run the EXE file

    basic 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. There are several Youtube videos available that can help, please check them out.

    big thanks to everyone who helped me with feedback, tests and ideas !

    Thank you

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    EMA747

    about 18 hours ago

    Updated MSFS2020 last night and now none of my addons appear in the sim menu! I didn't change any settings. Any idea what happened?
    bad2000Author

    about 2 hours ago

    Hello, not sure what happened there for you, i don't have msfs2020 anymore (didn't know it was still updated). Check with a new addon that you download, place it in your community folder (without AL) and if it doesn't appear, maybe the community folder referenced by the sim was changed for some reason. Check with 'developer mode' inside the sim (menu Tools -> Virtual File System -> Package folder -> open community folder) the folder used by the sim and make sure it's the same as the one you are putting your addons in. That's the first thing i would check.
    mcblemmen

    1 day ago

    What a wonderful addon. Just cut all the useless garbage aircraft from the list. Is there anyway to disable a sinlgle livery for an addon? I cant stand the default livery for one of my aircraft, I want it gone, but the livery editor only lets me disable all the liveries at once it seems?
    bad2000Author

    about 3 hours ago

    Thank you for the feedback, appreciated ! If a livery is included with the aircraft package in the same 'addon' you can't really deactivate only the liveries because the addon is a single pack that contain both elements (the liveries + the aircraft). So you can deactivate a single livery only if the livery is the addon that contains nothing else. What you can probably do is just manually remove the livery folder containing the folder that you don't want to see. Not sure if it's very clear, let me know maybe which aicraft/livery you are talking about and i'll have a look if it's one that i own. Thank you.
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    Daveslow

    4 days ago

    Absolute must have!
    bad2000Author

    3 days ago

    Thank you for the feedback, appreciated !
    chaamalgabar

    5 days ago

    This is the greatest addon since MSFS 2020 came out. It saves me a ton of disk space because I put it on an external hard drive.
    bad2000Author

    3 days ago

    Thank you for the feedback, appreciated !
    highflyer

    7 days ago

    Excellent program, however there's been a bug for me for many many versions now where if I have the program maximised, when I hit the close button, it closes the window behind instead of the Addon Linker (despite it being the focused app). I believe this may be due to Windows scaling but can't be sure. Unfortunately often the window it closes is often a browser with a WIP simbrief plan open. I am realising as I write this that I should try playing with the program specific scaling settings and see if that fixes it, will see if that changes anything and report back.
    bad2000Author

    3 days ago

    Thank you for the feedback, appreciated ! Oh that's very strange, i did a little research but couldn't really find anything about such a behavior that i never heard of before. Let me know if you make some progress in identifying the cause. I will continue to check if i can find something. I can also add a little close button in the toolbar at the top, would allow closing quickly without using the 'X'.
    highflyer

    3 days ago

    Thank you for replying, I have a feeling it was scaling, and changing the scaling settings in compatibility also made the text and UI much clearer, its so sharp now. Since I changed the setting I haven't encountered the issue, however it only happened intermittently, usually when rapidly switching between windows, so can't be sure until more time has passed. Thank you again for sharing this invaluable tool, it really is a masterpiece.
    Breenild

    9 days ago

    Thank you very much for this nice tool!

    I have a little feature-request:
    Almost similar to the "Never enable this Addon" Function I would like to have a "Never disable this Addon".
    It's useful for example for tools like FSLTL oder Liveries etc.

    best regards
    Burkhard
    bad2000Author

    8 days ago

    Thank you for the feedback, appreciated ! Not sure if it will do exactly what you want but there is already an option that sets addon as 'persistent' (it's a column in the left panel, if you click on it for a particular addon it will be activated). When an addon is set as 'persistent', it will not be deactivated when you do operations like applying presets, the addon will always stay activated unless you deactivate it yourself. There are also buttons in the toolbar (6th and 7th) to activate all 'persistent'a addons or deactivate all addons except the 'persistent' ones.
    Transponder63

    19 days ago

    Many, many Thx. I would "be dead" without it!
    bad2000Author

    14 days ago

    Thank you for your feedback, appreciated !
    flyandive

    20 days ago

    Is there any option to have it scan and/or use both the Community and the Community2024 folders? I ran into an issue where an airport was still showing despite being disabled. Found out Contrail had installed it into the Community2024 folder and addons linker was only enabling/disabling the shortcut in the regular Community folder
    bad2000Author

    14 days ago

    Hello, i have a test version available where you can create links in 2 different community folder (community and community2024 for example) ... it's not 100% finished though and not sure it will already do all you need but if you (or someone else reading this) want to give it a try i can send it to you. Send me a little private message if you want.
    flyandive

    13 days ago

    No worries, I'm not in any hurry for that feature, I can wait. Unless you need testers, then I can carve out some time to mess with it.
    Humpty-Bump

    21 days ago

    Subject: Bug Report / Critical Data Loss Hazard: MSFS 2024 Directory Naming Conflict Causes Total Deletion of Community Folder

    Dear Development Team,

    First of all, thank you for your amazing work on the MSFS Addons Linker. It is an essential tool for the flight simulation community. However, I recently experienced a severe case of data loss due to an aggressive folder-wiping behavior triggered by a naming conflict with MSFS 2024. I am writing this to help you prevent other users from suffering the same issue.

    The Problem

    In MSFS 2024, if a user decides to change their official simulator installation path via the in-game settings to a custom root folder named exactly C:\Community, MSFS 2024 automatically creates its subdirectories inside it (e.g., C:\Community\Community, C:\Community\Official, etc.).

    If a user configures the MSFS Addons Linker with the following path settings:
    - My Addon Folders (Source): A custom folder on another drive (e.g., C:\Msfs2024_Addons)
    - MSFS Community Folder (Target): Pointed to the newly created C:\Community root folder

    Upon clicking the "Launch Simulator" button, the Addons Linker performs a cleanup/wipe routine. Because of the identical naming (C:\Community), the software misinterprets the entire directory tree. Instead of only removing orphan symbolic links, it aggressively deletes the entire folder structure on C:\Community, including all physically installed payware aircraft (such as Black Square planes) and core simulator files.

    The Solution / Workaround

    The issue was completely resolved only after I manually renamed the custom MSFS root directory to a unique name: C:\MyCommunity.
    After updating the target path in the Addons Linker to C:\MyCommunity\Community, the directory structure was no longer identical to the tool's internal naming expectations, and the destructive wiping behavior stopped completely.

    Feature Request for User Protection

    To protect other users who might use a simple folder named "Community" for their custom MSFS 2024 installation, I highly recommend implementing a safety check before the launch/wipe routine:

    1. Safety Prompt: If the software detects physical folders (not just symlinks) or core MSFS 2024 files (like Official or Streamed Packages) inside the targeted path, it should abort the wipe and display a warning.

    2. Path Validation: A warning if the target path is structurally identical to basic root names, preventing potential zircular directory conflicts.

    Thank you for your time, and I hope this report helps make this brilliant tool even safer for MSFS 2024 users.

    Best regards
    A fellow flight simmer
    bad2000Author

    21 days ago

    Hello, sorry to read about what you experienced, but there is NO code inside AL that will wipe a folder automatically it just can't do that. Implementing a wipe routine would be completely crazy to do, i would never even think about that. The only option that would clear a folder is manually using the 'delete folder' option and that is available only if the folder is empty because i just didn't want to delete anything by error. So not sure what you experienced there but i'm 100% sure it's not related to AL but to the sim itself and the way it manages its community folder when you launched it after messing with it in some special conditions. Feel free to msg me if you need more info. Thank you.
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    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    MSFS Addons Linker 2020/2024

    Manage your MSFS addons effortlessly with the MSFS Addons Linker tool. Organize addons in custom folders, create links in the community folder, and easily activate/deactivate groups of addons with a single click. Simplify your addon management with preset saving, addon renaming, and seamless addition/update/removal features. Just extract the files, set your addon and community folders, and enjoy a streamlined addon organization experience.

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    Sélectionné à la main par notre équipe — cet addon améliore considérablement l'expérience MSFS et est un incontournable de votre setup.

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    Guides

    MSFS Addon Linker: How to Organize Your Addons for 2020 & 2024
    MSFS Addon Linker: How to Organize Your Addons for 2020 & 2024

    The Community folder in Microsoft Flight Simulator can quickly become overwhelming at the time you're managing multiple sceneries and airports without any organizational structure.

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    Hello, a very small update but still recommended to all users. [NEW] Optional GSX folder scanning. If enabled (options screen), the column 'Gsx Profile' will show 'Yes' for addons for which you have a GSX profile installed. For this to work you need to use the AL ICAO scanner so that it will then match the ICAO found by AL with the GSX .ini file. Due to the way GSX works, there are some limitations and, to my knowledge, it's not possible to identify exactly if an INI file matches with a specific addon because this is done by GSX only when inside the sim. So with AL, you will just get the information if a GSX profile matches a specific ICAO and, if you have 2 addons for the same ICAO, both will display the value 'Yes'. If you have any idea on how this can be improved let me know, i don't have GSX so my knowledge is limited. As a reminder, you can save the column size/position by using the right click menu 'save columns order/size'. [NEW] New column and filter available on the map screen to show only enabled addons. [FIX] Fixed an issue with the modellib checker if used with native 2024 addons. [FIX] Fixed an issue with the flightplan loading on the map [FIX] Several other minor fixes [REMOVED] Removed the Bing maps because they have been discontinued by Microsoft. Unfortunately, its successor 'Azure map', which technically could be implemented fairly easily inside AL, is now a lot harder to access (credit card and phone number required). It will also probably start charging you if you go over the monthly free limit because they are not rich enough. So well, not really suited for AL :(.. Investigating for possible alternatives, for now you'll have to use the OpenStreetMap provider (or the very 'simple' map if you just need basic localisation). Sorry for that but out of my control. Thank you.

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