AddOns won't work

[Shaktaze]

My ESO AddOns won't show up in the AddOn interface. I have checked multiple times that all the files are there and that the paths are correct. They work on my friends account, but won't show up on mine! I'm usually really good with software issues, but i am at a total loss.

HELP please, and thank you!

[skyraker]

Originally Posted by Shaktaze My ESO AddOns won't show up in the AddOn interface. I have checked multiple times that all the files are there and that the paths are correct. They work on my friends account, but won't show up on mine! I'm usually really good with software issues, but i am at a total loss. HELP please, and thank you!

Please post the path to one of your addons so we can verify, just in case.

[Seerah]

Post the path all the way down to the addon's .txt file.

/edit: also, please state whether you are on the US or EU server.

[shop7838]

I am having the same problem. My line goes like this:

Users>Cheryl>My Documents>Elder Scrolls Online>Live>Addons

Am I really missing something or am I glitched?

US server and the add on files show up in their entirety in the add on folder listed above

[Seerah]

Everything is supposed to be in your Documents folder, not My Documents.
http://www.esoui.com/forums/faq.php?..._howto_install

[skyraker]

Originally Posted by Seerah Everything is supposed to be in your Documents folder, not My Documents. http://www.esoui.com/forums/faq.php?..._howto_install

My Documents is the same as Documents if you go through User.

[skyraker]

Originally Posted by shop7838 I am having the same problem. My line goes like this: Users>Cheryl>My Documents>Elder Scrolls Online>Live>Addons Am I really missing something or am I glitched? US server and the add on files show up in their entirety in the add on folder listed above

This folder should have folders containing the addons. Is that the case? For example my add on is at Users>tervalas>My Documents>Elder Scrolls Online>Live>Addons>MyStatusWindow>addon-files

[darkaren]

I have same issue and have done this a couple times.

I keep seeing some say documents vs My Documents. Under users, my name, my documents, elder scrolls online, live, addons,

i see three folders (binding, img, lib) all but img have folders/files in them. So all looks good.

Login, click add-ons and see and empty menu. Check allow out dated and still empty menu.

Help. yes I'm a novice at this.

[And1drew]

I found a fix that should help all of you!

C:\Users\Andrew\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns\ <name of AddOn > \ <AddOn info>

This is the pathway everyone seems to have, but it never works right? I was working on this for a few hours last night and discovered that:
1. one of my AddOns was an empty file
2. there was a subdirectory in all the mods so the pathway was

C:\Users\Andrew\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns\FoundryTacticalCombat\FoundryTacticalCombat\ <Addon Info>

I found that just by taking out the extra directory the Addon worked fine. So if you are still having problems check to make sure the file you downloaded is correct and there isn't a subdirectory

[Baertram]

This will most likely happen if you extract a zip archive and the extraction software (e.g. Winzip) will create a folder named like tne zip file + the extracted subfolder from the archive it's self

[jgq85]

Hi I just registered to sign in and post what fixed this issue for me.

Open your PC/main folder, then right-click on the "Document" folder (or library shortcut -- whatever it's called) and choose Properties.

Click the "Location" tab.
Notice the path there may be pointing elsewhere?
Mine was, due to wanting to save space from my SSD by defaulting the "Documents" folder to my bigger HDD (E-Drive).
I had to reset this location back to default, after I moved my data to another folder as to not overfill my C-Drive.

But yeah, now it works and I see my add-ons..!

[Baertram]

I'm just wondering why the game won't recognize the "non deafault" documents folder and just reads the folders from the e: drive then??? Seems to be a bug in the game client in my eyes...

[jgq85]

Originally Posted by Baertram I'm just wondering why the game won't recognize the "non deafault" documents folder and just reads the folders from the e: drive then??? Seems to be a bug in the game client in my eyes...

Yeah I think it ought to point to the current folder of where the game's installed. The My Documents/Documents path is unorthodox to use for game/software add-ons.

For example in WoW, the addons folder was in C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns
or C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft...

[JoeR]

Originally Posted by jgq85 Hi I just registered to sign in and post what fixed this issue for me. Open your PC/main folder, then right-click on the "Document" folder (or library shortcut -- whatever it's called) and choose Properties. Click the "Location" tab. Notice the path there may be pointing elsewhere? Mine was, due to wanting to save space from my SSD by defaulting the "Documents" folder to my bigger HDD (E-Drive). I had to reset this location back to default, after I moved my data to another folder as to not overfill my C-Drive. But yeah, now it works and I see my add-ons..!

Thank you, jgq85! I also moved my "Documents" library off my SSD. I made the location change with a registry modification, and then I used the Windows UI to change the library back to point at C: because... reasons. The Documents library was working properly as far as I could tell, but even though I had the files properly in BOTH locations, ESO refused to acknowledge them until I hit the "Restore Default" button.

[kray1222]

Originally Posted by jgq85 Hi I just registered to sign in and post what fixed this issue for me. Open your PC/main folder, then right-click on the "Document" folder (or library shortcut -- whatever it's called) and choose Properties. Click the "Location" tab. Notice the path there may be pointing elsewhere? Mine was, due to wanting to save space from my SSD by defaulting the "Documents" folder to my bigger HDD (E-Drive). I had to reset this location back to default, after I moved my data to another folder as to not overfill my C-Drive. But yeah, now it works and I see my add-ons..!

After all the stress and back/forth in my folders, THIS^^^RIGHT^^^HERE^^^DID^^^IT!

[estring]

This seems so simple now ive troubleshooted it but windows 10 installs onedrive as the default docs location so even with the game minion looking at the right folder on C: onedrive is the location the game finds. Seems so simple now Ive fixed it but took me an hour of saying wtf.

[Mikros]

Originally Posted by estring This seems so simple now ive troubleshooted it but windows 10 installs onedrive as the default docs location so even with the game minion looking at the right folder on C: onedrive is the location the game finds. Seems so simple now Ive fixed it but took me an hour of saying wtf.

Yes, same here. (I'm on 8.1 though) Took me about 2 hours last night to figure out it is under "onedrive" now. Mine is especially goofy. It is like,

C:\Users\%username%\OneDrive\Documents\pictures\castles and crusades\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns

lol no idea how the game decided to look there. Castles and Crusades is the table top rpg, I have a bunch of pdf's in that folder.

Especially weird to me is if I follow the path to the addons folder through file manager, I never click on anything called "pictures" or "castles and crusades". But when I look at the actual DOS path (if that is the proper term) it looks like what I posted above. My bro said he thinks it has something to do with "libraries". I don't know what that means yet.

( "file manager" might be the wrong term also )

[coolmodi]

Originally Posted by estring windows 10 installs onedrive as the default docs location

I have installed Win10 a few times now, and never has it done that. I think you can chose if you want onedrive or not, maybe you just didn't read and clicked ok?

[Litake]

I checked my documents forder, seems like for europe users the "live" folder is callsed "liveeu". Moving addons there solved everything.

[Agni Ignis]

Hey everyone,
I can install addons for ESO, be it with minion or manually, but they don't show up on the in-game menu, and don't have an effect on the game.
I checked a lot of forum threads, but I can't figure it out!

Here are some of the locations:
C:\Users\Marc\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\liveeu\AddOns\SkyShards
C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online\Launcher
C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU
C:\Users\Marc\.minion

I also have to run the ESO launcher as administrator, otherwise it won't start at all, but I don't think that has to do with it.
And I am on Windows 10