Unable To Unload Addons, But Can Load?

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Unable to unload addons, but can load?
 Asura.Sylveni
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By Asura.Sylveni 2026-01-25 10:23:36
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Hiiii,

Post-todays update I'm unable to unload any of my addons in game. I'll get the below image, where it will say the addon isn't load when it is on the screen and functional.



When I go to load it, the addon loads overtop the existing one on the screen. This is happening with several addons as well.
 Fenrir.Niflheim
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By Fenrir.Niflheim 2026-01-25 10:43:50
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check if the addon folder name and the `_addon.name` fields are mismatched for the affected addons

`_addon.name` is in the lua file, you can view it with any text editor (like notepad)
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By Sylvebits 2026-01-25 10:52:35
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Hmmm~... they appear to be the same.
 Bismarck.Radec
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By Bismarck.Radec 2026-01-25 11:07:43
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They aren't the same, based on first google result for crossbar, https://github.com/AliekberFFXI/xivcrossbar/blob/master/xivcrossbar.lua
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_addon.name = 'XIV Crossbar' -- based on Edeon's XIV Hotbar


Until this is (hopefully?) fixed, you can unload by matching _addon.name exactly, using quotes if it contains spaces, like so:
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//lua u 'XIV Crossbar'
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By Sylvebits 2026-01-25 12:52:02
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That seems to have done the trick. Did the update to Windower do this? My desktop still has pre-update files, and the addon.name is still 'XIV Crossbar', and I've never had this problem prior.
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By Fenrir.Jinxs 2026-01-27 21:49:43
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guys just change line 30
remove the space
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_addon.name = 'XIVCrossbar' -- based on Edeon's XIV Hotbar
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