Moved Computers. Been away a year. Restore AddOns from backup or No?
 

Hi. I'm moving from a MAC to a PC. I can't believe I'm forgotten so much of how this all works.

Is Minion still the recommended way to install AddOns?
Does my ESOUI account show which addons I had installed previously?

I have a folder with backups of my AddOns from 2019. It is on an external hard drive.

Do you guys think I should just start over and reinstall all AddOns ... or have any of you restored your AddOns from a backup?

Thanks for any help and or advice.

Regards.

Q: Is Minion still the recommended way to install AddOns?

Yes, very much so, it also will update existing addons.

Q: Does my ESOUI account show which addons I had installed previously?

If you've marked them as favorite then, yes.

Your last question is up to you, I have backups and have used them in the past.

Sometimes some old addons have stopped development, so you'd need to check which ones are current.

Hope this helps you :cool:

I'd copy over my addons from anoter backup folder and then use Minion to update them.
But yoo also need to check the dependencies the addons used/use now and install them via Minion to your live/AddOns folder directly so that Minion is able to find and update them in the future.
Remove and libs/ subfolder from your addons in order to let the addons use the live/AddOns/Lib... folders properly. Else they will load the embedded older library versions and most likely fail to work, or throw errors.