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Cayr
03-30-2006, 08:19 PM
I've got a lot of addons in Cosmos that I really don't use, and I don't understand how to remove them and keep them gone from Cosmos. Can someone help me out?
ImagoX
03-30-2006, 09:00 PM
After you log in but before you choose a character, look for the "Add-ons" button on the bottom left of the character screen. Then, simply disable (uncheck) the add-ons you don't plan to use.

IMPORTANT: Some add-ons have dependencies (like Sky or Earth,) which might not seem important based on their names. Look over the list after you uncheck the stuff you don't think you need for anything that lists "Dependency"- that means that something that add-on needs has been disabled. Mousing over that add-on will tell you its dependencies- just reenable what its looking for if you truly want to be able to use that add-on.

This way, all of the Cosmos files will still be installed on your hard drive in case you later decide you want to re-enable an add-on, but the game itself will not load those applications into memory when WoW starts, thereby saving you overhead.

Hope this helps!
Cayr
03-31-2006, 03:59 AM
Well, I knew about that, but it should help people who didn't know that.

What I need assistance with is how to uninstall the addons that I do not use, and how to keep Cosmos from updating them/reinstalling them.
ImagoX
03-31-2006, 03:35 PM
If you're sure you don't need them and they're not a dependency of some other Add-on, just delete those add-ons folders from your "addons" directory. If you re-install, they'll be put back in, but really they only take up a few meg each (unzipped, the entire package is only 23.6MB), so why not just leave them on your hard drive in case you later change your mind and decide to reactivate them?
Legorol
03-31-2006, 04:54 PM
If you are using the new patcher application, it allows you to disable AddOns you don't want to use. It doesn't delete them, but moves them to a separate DisabledAddOns folder at least, so they don't show up in WoW at all. If you then use the patcher to update Cosmos, it will make sure that these AddOns stay updated but in the DisabledAddOns folder.
Cayr
03-31-2006, 10:37 PM
Thanks!
slate021181
03-26-2008, 07:01 PM
If you are using the new patcher application, it allows you to disable AddOns you don't want to use. It doesn't delete them, but moves them to a separate DisabledAddOns folder at least, so they don't show up in WoW at all. If you then use the patcher to update Cosmos, it will make sure that these AddOns stay updated but in the DisabledAddOns folder.

that doesn't work any more all it does is put them in both folders :(
qweqq
03-26-2008, 07:11 PM
Disable the desired addon and then check if it's in DisabledAddons, if it's there - OK. Then go to Addons, if there is a copy of the addon there, delete it.

I guess the patcher got confused somehow, but this should resolve the issue. (maybe it has something to do with the addon you try to disable, which one is it ?) :)
slate021181
03-26-2008, 08:13 PM
i did all you said and it's still doing it and it's a real pain to have to re-delete or move all of them to the DisabledAddOns folder
here is the list if I'm not mistaken it's all of the cosmos addons but the ones I'm using

!ImprovedErrorFrame
AlphaMap
AlphaMap_Battlegrounds
AlphaMap_Exteriors
AlphaMap_Instances
AlphaMap_WorldBosses
AltInvite
ArcaneBar
BetterKeyBinding
CastTime
CensusPlus
CharacterProfiler
CharactersViewer
ChatBar
ChatEdit
ChatScroll
Clock
CombatStats
ConsisTint
DivineBlessing
DurabilityStatus
Earth
EasyMail
EquipCompare
FeatureFrame
Fire
FluidFrames
FreeBagSlots
FriendsFacts
Gymnast
Localization
MCom
MapNotes
MiniGames
MinimapZoom
MonitorStatus
Notepad
NotesUNeed
NotesUNeed_Backup
NotesUNeed_Export
PartyCastingBars
PartyQuests
Portfolio
QuestLogLevelPatch
QuickLoot
ReURL
ReagentHelper
ReloadUI
TasteTheNaimbow
Telepathy-Versions
Telepathy
TellTrack
UIPanelOptions
UnitFrameBuffs
UnitFrameTweaks
WorldMapInfo
qweqq
03-27-2008, 02:34 PM
Move all the addons you don't want to use from Addons to DisabledAddons. Patcher will check automatically DisabledAddons and will mark all addons in that folder as disabled. Tell if the patcher will handle that (i think it will). :)
Gryphon
03-27-2008, 06:38 PM
The patcher is very buggy about it. I gave up on trying to use it to handle disabled addons myself, in fact went back to Thott's simpler patcher. I just uncheck what I don't use and leave it at that. They don't load into memory, so no harm.

You can also use nopatch to ignore the ones you don't use.

It takes some careful tending of the garden, but it is possible to slim it down with the available tools, just not as user friendly as it could be.