


However sometimes the first step (disabling the Add-on) does not disable all of the software. You now can enable the new version manually.The disabled Add-on is removed from the system (deleted from disk),.The installer disables the current version of the Add-on.When you update an Add-on in Blender, then normally the following steps are performed:

Although in most cases it seems easier to install all of your Add-ons again. However you can use the hidden subfolder ( 2.77_hide in my example) to recreate your installation. Any other Add-on that you have installed is no longer visible and you need to install them again. But take care! This resets blender to its Factory settings. This will cleanup your application data folder. You even can delete the folder if you like, but see below! Note: The name is not important, use whatever is convenient for you.
