Hi and thanks, Tim. I do appreciate your speedy help, and I will assume that the link you've provided will do the trick. As for my other problem - well, it's of no concern really; my intended purchase of a book or two is prevented only by my reluctance to be involved with credit cards, online shopping and 'electronic money' in general. In short, there's no problem other than me! (This from someone who has played with radio and electronics for about 60 years, and computers since BASIC , the Sinclair, etc. popped up.) (Hay, maybe age is the problem, then!)
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But fear not, my wife / girl / partner has few qualms about buying online, and as she's a long-term consumer of Patricia Cornwell, Ian Rankin, TV's 'Vera' and 'Shetlands', 'Silent Witness' etc., I'm sure she'll be happy to read some Tim Arnot works as well. Me too; I read what she reads, and SF as well. So we will both win! I might have to clean a few cobwebs and sweep more conscientiously in return, but it should happen.

So, I won't trouble you further unless I strike a problem with v312 in my XP.

Thanks again, Tim, and stay safe.

Kind regards,
Ian / macosmotic (at YMUR in Oz, near YBCG)

Hi Tim. Thanks muchly for your elegant, nifty software! Just recently I've struck a hitch, though; I need to re-install Plan-G on my old Win XP system, and can't find a working download link for V3.1.1 or V3.1.2, both of which I believe will still work with XP-SP3 and the .NET 4~ limit for that OS. Fortunately I do have an up-to-date installation on my Win 10 PC, but really miss it on the XP system. Also on the latter system, a problem getting to the latest version - I just get a nice 'Plan-G' banner, with no way to proceed beyond. (I realise it's W7+). What am I doing wrongly?
Also, by the way, I'm keen to try your novels; I just don't do electronic / online purchases at all, really, but as soon as I work my way around that barrier, I'll have a good read. My wife will probably help - not an FS girl, but loves reading (as do I) and spending up online. Anyway, back to Plan-G; can I still run it on XP, or do I need a 'Plan-B'?
Thanks again for everything, Tim - Plan-G, Mutley's reviews (just re-read NZSI) and - I'm sure it will apply - your novels. Cheers from Oz. Ian.

Hi Tim, Cristiano & Readers. Thanks, Tim, for looking in to this. Yes, if I understand you correctly, this glitch might be at least partly display related as indeed my User Waypoints now appear after I restart 'Plan-G' (in the case of V3).  And after installing the Italian waypoints as suggested by Cristiano, my own waypoints are appearing immediately in V2. Perhaps they were previously appearing after a restart of V2, but I didn't notice; I would only see them if I returned to the same airspace, which quite possibly I did not do. Having assumed that I'd failed to get the User data incorporated into the Database, I might well have missed seeing them. But as a restart of V3 is still required before I can see the new waypoints therein, does this point to some graphics driver / video memory problem? Could it be related to the fact that although my PC runs FSX tolerably well provided I don't tax it with both complex scenery and payware aircraft, there is an odd (quite long, e.g. 30secs) delay to menu commands. It's as though there's a delay loop running when I (say) click to load an aircraft or change the fuel / payload settings. Once loaded, the flying is acceptable where it should be. I don't think, however, that the waypoints are delayed in appearing in V3; they just don't turn up at all until I reboot. Does this mean anything to you? Sorry to cause trouble, Tim, and thanks again for the beautiful software.

Hi Again Cristiano,

I have followed your suggestion and imported the Italy VFR data from the .CSV file kindly uploaded by RosarioManzo.  Although I have not done this procedure before, it all seemed to go smoothly. The User Database now contains many Italian VFR reporting points which I assume were not already there. Anyway, as the Import process ended, there was a message saying '390 of 390 VFR RP's were installed' - or something like that.

That suggests that my User Database is working. So I can't understand why the User Waypoints I enter through Plan-G and my keyboard do not appear. Do you have any further thoughts? It seems very strange!

Thanks again for your help. Anyway, now maybe I can try flying (maybe a SIAI Marchetti or a Partenavia or something!) around Italy!
(Before I have only planned flights to and from the big airports in Roma and Milano.)

Ciao, Cristiano.

From Ian, near YBCG, Australia.

Cristiano - thanks for replying to my post, for thinking about the problem, and for the suggestion you made. I will try the import as you suggest, and get back to report what I find. I apologise for the delay in acknowledging your help.  I only just got back to this forum.
Grazie!
Ciao, Cristiano!

Kind regards, Ian. (Australia)

Hi Tim & Readers. Thanks for the beautiful and extremely useful software! Unfortunately I have a problem which limits my planning - I can't create user waypoints. This is true for both version 2.05 and 3.0. The process seems straightforward; the appropriate window appears and my user data (type, name, ID etc.) can be entered, but after I press 'OK', the waypoint doesn't appear either on screen or in the User Database. Very likely this is something to do with my PC and its XP installation, but I haven't a clue as to what could be wrong. Although the computer's specs are a bit ordinary for FSX, it does run tolerably well if I don't run both complex scenery (e.g. Orbx) and sophisticated aircraft (e.g. PMDG) simultaneously. FS9 and other applications run well. Anything I can try? I'm sorry if I missed it, but I couldn't find anything here about my problem. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. From Ian, in Australia.