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Example of lost functionality with Sort-Menus & Reinstalling mods post-Content Store update #7560

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@hiimrickross

Please confirm the following.

  • I checked the existing issues for duplicate problems
  • I have tried resolving the issue using the support portal
  • I have ensured my Modrinth App installation is up to date

What version of the Modrinth App are you using?

0.21.2

What operating systems are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

Describe the bug

Prior to 0.21, if you uninstalled a mod, and then reinstalled it (all through the app) it was like a normal download (ie. from curseforge), the app was "new" and had the appropriate time/date associated to it and thus would get filtered correctly via Sort-By-Newest option in the Instance's mod display window.

Now, because the app caches mods/rp/sp etc in its separate store folder, when you uninstall a mod it is still soft-installed in there and reinstalling it (the same version) just pulls the old data and thus doesn't get re-sorted to the top most recent additions.

You can work around this by deleting, 'clean unused' in resource management, and then installing again, or similar procedure, but it's a hassle compared to before's simple delete-then-install to get a fresh file.

There are some mods that I've seen over the years that mention the .jar can get corrupted when X error occurs and to re-install, but that's not my particular use case (yet), mine is that I swapped to Modrinth in order to access:

  1. Sharing Instances 1:1 updated to all of my changes to my friends, without having to give them a google drive link to one I uploaded, and then telling them to make manual changes here and there as we play
  2. To make use of the easy Disabling, Update Notification (without needing a mod & logging on boot), and Sorting features.

Both of these are/were very useful for making a modpack because keeping track of recent changes, updates, and the exact order things were done was very easy.

Steps to reproduce

https://filebin.net/4v1psf9b5t5f2ayp video demonstration

Expected behavior

Uninstalling a mod clears all traces of the mod on the system/app and then installing it delivers me a fresh file.

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