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
In response to an earlier question from me, you told me how I can delay starting MSFS by adjusting an .ini file because Maps Enhancement must be fully started before MSFS starts. Otherwise an error message will follow.
Map Enhancement now requires a few more seconds before MSFS can be started (the threshold for me is now 10 seconds). Have you considered adding a (delay) function as standard?
Thank you for your very good support.
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FeGo
Later, after some struggles: Running it as administrator allowed me to fix the problem.
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hairydog
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Hemingway
Is this affecting the map function in Addon Linker in the future (2025)?
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Harald777
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pwnograffik
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brianbash
brianbash
je débute avec MSFS 2020 et MSFS Addons Linker.
Aprés avoir paramétrer correctement mes addons de scènes, j'utilise le bouton "launch" d'Addons Linker pour lance Flight Simulator, qui se lance sans problème.
Par contre mes addons n'apparaissent pas, ne sont pas accessibles. je n'arrive pas à régler ce problème. Quelqu'un peut-il m'aider ?
Merci !
Jacadit17
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bad2000
Jacadit17
System.IO.IOException: The name of the file cannot be resolved by the system.
After pressing continue i cannot see anymore my external Scenery folder. May you can help me? I just tried to delete the folder in settings and add it again but nothing works..
6 days ago
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janlobmg
With thanks for your earlier help andFolderListChecker, I have another issue.
I replaced a scenery item with an update with another name whilst the old file was still associated with the current scenery profile. This generated an exception when running Linker afterwards. No error shown in FolderListChecker, but invalid link showing in the addons list in Linker, which led to an error message saying "Could not delete link. Object reference not set to an instance of an object" . I cannot see a way to recover from this challenge. Help appreciated.
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akribie
Today I wanted to install a new addon which had many dependencies. So as I had some of these asset libraries already but they were in a folder together with the mod I originally installed them with. I've spent a while moving all such packs into their own folder and adding them as dependencies. Again, everything seems to be working just fine with one exception.
I have one aircraft in my addons folder, the HPG airbus H135. This is the very first addon in the list on the left. If I click the addon, it will be added to the installed addons on the right and a link is created in the community folder. Great! If I save this addon selection to a profile, either on it's own or with other addons, after I've saved the profile, if I then try and reload it, everything else I selected returns apart from the H135. It is back to being unselected.
I've tried adding it to various profiles and each time, it is actually saved to the profile because I've opened the profile document in notepad and I can see it listed. But the app refuses to show it selected and subsequently won't place it on the right panel and/or create the link.
The only way I can now get this aircraft to be added is by making it a dependency of something else. As soon as I do that, I can save the profile and when reloaded it comes back.
I appear to be using the latest version of the app so am I doing something wrong?
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Doyden
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siglr
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Lycan2092
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Velocityy
Why is Addons Linker auto-launch not starting my added NavigraphSimlink.exe?
I have to start it always manually. Other external Programs are working with auto-launch.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Erathost
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erathost
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nelos08