Minion won't point to addon folder

h9dlb · October 2023

Noticed that a lot of my addons were out of date. Opened up Minion and it appears blank. Reinstalled it but cannot get it to point ESO to the addon folder (Seems I have 2 - 1 appears in one drive and the other appears in c:/username/documents/eso/live/addons).

Tried getting Minion to select either folder but it just goes back to asking me whether I want to search for WoW or ESO each time.

Help please

fizl101 · October 2023

Try stopping it syncing with one drive, I've seen people have lots of issues with the game when some of the game folders are syncing with it

Necrotech_Master · October 2023

one drive causes a lot of problems for minion, i personally dont like it and i always disable the one drive

h9dlb · October 2023

Nothing to do with one drive. Minion won't point to c:/username/documents/eso/live/addons)

TybaltKaine · October 2023

Try pointing it to the actual game install versus the documents copy that ESO generates. I've got mine on the E drive and had to manually point to that install, then copy the addon folder and paste it in the documents version. It's a pain to do every time you update, but it is a reliable workaround.

EDIT: I also let the system overwrite the files so that I always have everything up to date in the Dcouments copy.

Baertram · October 2023

Instead of doing this TybaltKaine you could point to another folder and "symlink" (windows command is mklink) this to your c:/users/your username/documents/elder scrolls online/live/AddOns folder.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink

This way you do not have to update it each time, as it links to the folder. Changing one changes the other

endgamesmug · October 2023

Ive tried that addon management software so many times and it always goes wrong, it decides to draw from the another folder or some other crazy garbage thinking. Ive been updating manually each update since then, which isnt a drama just replacing folder content easy peasy.

Nestor · October 2023

First thng. Mske sure Minion is installed in Program Files, not the (x86) one.

The manually point minion to the correct folders.

If that doesn't work then try editing or even disabling the anti ransomware crap in windows security. It breaks all kinds of things with game mods

TybaltKaine · October 2023

Baertram wrote: »

Instead of doing this TybaltKaine you could point to another folder and "symlink" (windows command is mklink) this to your c:/users/your username/documents/elder scrolls online/live/AddOns folder.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink

This way you do not have to update it each time, as it links to the folder. Changing one changes the other

I know, but I like having manual control over what updates and when. That way, when something isn't acting right, I can easily roll back. I also have several redundant copies of my addon folder. Old photographer habit, make sure the backups have backups.

Baertram · October 2023

I totally know and understand that

Anifaas · October 2023

Minion has been running like absolute garbage ever since the servers came up today. It has been suddenly deciding that it cannot access the internet, or it doesn't see my addon folders, or it crashes. A few times, after manually closing the app from the task manager, it refused to start at all. Must be server demand and the poor skeezy app not having the ability to do common things like understand timeouts.

SilverBride · October 2023

It eventually started working again.

Baertram · October 2023

At patch days you can often have the issues that Minion and www.esoui.com are under heavy load (many users updating many addons...) so just be patient.

Ranting here and using words like garbage and sarcastic messages like poor skeezy app does not help.
It only tells us you think you can do it better, so maybe just do it!
Create a network of addon websites for different games, maintain it frequently over years in your free time, provide code and tools, skills, people, and pay all that from your own money

Patch days are always troublesome, not only for the players. Think about all the addon updates needed and time ppl invest so that things run normal. If it does not run normal for a few hours, or even days: Well, *** happens. Stay calm and better say thank you to the guys of esoui.com making all that possible (which is not done often enough, and especially in between, not at patch days) instead of writing such messages above.

Thank you for spreading a bit more love, this should be "common things"

And if this is not possible for whatever reasons, you can always update your addons manually.

celner4_ESO · January 2024

Running Minion as admin fixed it not finding the add on folder for me WHILE having the game running in the background. Not sure if having the game open too did anything or if it was just running it as admin but, I hope this helps somebody.

ClowdyAllDay · January 2024

use java version. no problems here with it.

Baertram · January 2024

If you have not run the game before at least once it also does not find the addons folder as it is Not created then. You need to manually create it then first. This can also happen if the game was executed before but no addon was installed manually before using Minion, so check if the live/AddOns folder exists, and if not: Create it manually.

Kiyam · January 11

celner4_ESO wrote: »

Running Minion as admin fixed it not finding the add on folder for me WHILE having the game running in the background. Not sure if having the game open too did anything or if it was just running it as admin but, I hope this helps somebody.

This 100% worked. Thanks.

Threemoons · May 10

fizl101 wrote: »

Try stopping it syncing with one drive, I've seen people have lots of issues with the game when some of the game folders are syncing with it

OK I got Minion to find my addons after killing OneDrive but now addons not loading in game.

Baertram · May 10

What do you mean by "Not loading ingame"? More details please as this could mean anything from error messages shown or addons not shown at all or addons partially shown but you cannot enable them: In the latest case check the > icon and expand the addons to see what dependencies the addons need! And install these via Minion too, e.g. LibAddonMenu-1.0, LibCustomMenu, Lib..... and so on.

If you did not mean that and your addons do not show ingame in the addon manager:
Take a screenshot ingaem via vanilla keybind and note down the path it shows top right.
That path, ecluding the traling /Screenshots folder, is the path where ESO needs to find the /AddOns folder and your addon files in it.

Usually this is c:\users\your windows username\documents\elder scrolls online\live but sometimes it is all of sudden c:\users\your windows username\appData (hidden folder!)\local\Elder Scrolls Online or any other path

There is no way to fix that, if it happens move your live/ folder over there -> from c:\users\your windows username\documents\elder scrolls online\live

If it is still shown as c:\users\your windows username\documents\elder scrolls online\live then your antivrus might be blocking Minion? Allow it access and especially whitelist the folder of Minion.exe AND c:\users\your windows username\documents\elder scrolls oline too!