My installed libraries are suddenly gone ?

Official Hardware Nano Family Nano ESP32
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I used 'ESP32 Espressif Systems' before. I therefore wanted to re-install it, but now it is completely gone in my library overview (ESP 32). Please HELP :slight_smile:

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Welcome, sorry to hear about your loss. Can you recover from your backup? If not you will probably have to start from the beginning and reinstall it.

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Hi @SorensenDK. Please provide a detailed description of what you mean by "library overview (ESP 32)". There is no standard meaning associated with those words in the Arduino world so we could only make wild guesses at what you mean by them.

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First thanks for reply.
Yes, I'm new to Arduino and ESP 32 and here in the forum (using PC and Win11), so I don't know much about the system yet. I just downloaded a 'VFO file', compiled it (without an ESP module connected), with good results without errors.
But when I pressed 'update', my library file disappeared and now I can't find it again when I search.
Best regards Jan from Denmark :slight_smile: .

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Hi gilshultz.
My library folder is empty? So I guess I have to try installing the 'Arduino program' again from scratch, maybe that will help.

Jan :slight_smile:

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Your screenshot shows you are looking for "ESP32 Espressif Systems" in the Arduino IDE Library Manager.

"ESP32 Espressif Systems" is a boards platform, not a library. So it is normal and expected that you won't find it in Library Manager. You must instead look for it in the Arduino IDE Boards Manager.

Click on the icon that looks like the outline of an Arduino board to open Boards Manager:

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Then search again for ESP32. Hopefully you will see it there.

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Hi again ptillisch :slight_smile:

Thank you very much, it was not easy for a beginner to know.

So I only have (for now) one problem left, but I can live with that.
But if I update to latest version of 'ESP32 Espressif Systems' then I get error when I compile so I keep version '2.0.5'.

Best regards, Jan :slight_smile: .

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You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

Regards,
Per