Trouble with addonCollectionManager

[rich2005]

You are still hard encoding the paths, and I am not sure that is the way to go, but it is up to you. 
Why no menu entry showing ? you have not added a location in the .ini file. Goes after each section heading.

Code:

addons_active:E:/GimpResources/{type}
addons_stored:E:/GimpResources/{type}_storage
menu_location:{<type>}
menu_entry:{Type} sets...
menu_description:Manage {type} sets...
dialog_title:{Type} sets manager
use_subdirectory:yes
use_link:no

[brushes]
menu_location:<Image>/XXXXXX
extensions:.gbr .vbr .gih .abr .GBR .VBR .GIH
[dynamics]
menu_location:<Image>/XXXXXX
extensions:.gdyn .GDYN
[fonts]
menu_location:<Image>/XXXXXX
extensions:.ttf .otf .TTF .OTF
use_subdirectory:yes
........etc.......

What works here.

Gimp installed on drive F as F:\GIMP 2 First run creates a regular Gimp user Profile in C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\...  screenshot: https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM...manage.jpg

I can make a simple Windows bat file to set the path to a new user profile, say F:\GIMP_PRO (use any sensible name you want)  This 1) sets the Gimp environmental variable GIMP2_DIRECTORY and 2) starts Gimp. First run same as a regular installation, Gimp makes the GIMP_PRO folder and populates with the default files and folders.  screenshot: https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM...manage.jpg

Code:

set GIMP2_DIRECTORY=F:/GIMP_PRO
start F:/"GIMP 2"/bin/gimp-2.10.exe

Now I can add the storage folders to F:\GIMP_PRO The files addonCollectionManager-3.0.py addonCollectionManager.ini go in F:\GIMP_PRO \plug-ins Delete the file pluginrc  so new settings are created. screenshot https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM...manage.jpg

...and that works for me. Using zipped files except for fonts which go in folders.  screenshot: https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM...manage.jpg