Problem with "Packages" folder

    You can locate the current location for the community folder to try and find it.


    Enable Developer mode in the options for MSFS, and then on the dev menu, access Tools ->Virtual File System. Then expand "Watched Bases", and in there you should be able to see where MSFS is loading addons from, which could show you the new locations.

    I ask the moderator to extend this information in case some other user might have the same problem.

    This has happened with the download of the program directly to the main hard drive from the MFS2020 CD pack.

    Regards,

    ES6

    Quote from SkyyStorm

    You can locate the current location for the community folder to try and find it.


    Enable Developer mode in the options for MSFS, and then on the dev menu, access Tools ->Virtual File System. Then expand "Watched Bases", and in there you should be able to see where MSFS is loading addons from, which could show you the new locations.

    SU5 removed "Watched Bases" from there.


    I'm having the same issue, and I can't find any other location for the "Community" folder aside from in the AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftFlightSimulator\Packages\Community

    Here's what I did:


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