Just a heads up for people like me who couldn't get Plan-G to work with the previous P3d V4.x version.

There may be some areas that don't work, but I haven't found them in the 4 or 5 hours of flying.

There was nothing that I needed to do. Download, install, and it worked.

Good luck to all.

I've just made a small donation in appreciation for your hard work. It's not what you deserve, but it's what I can give at this time.


Until I lost the use of Plan-G, I hadn't realized how much I had come to depend on it.


For whatever good it may do - The problem with Plan-G crashing has been resolved.


Thank you, and good luck.

Reinstalling Plan-G v2 & v3 problems


Plan-G v2.0.5 crashing at the end of building the database, resolved.
Plan-G  v3 crashing on initial startup, resolved.


Long story - running the update checker on a new program (REX Essential PLUS with OverDrive) crashed, and a lot of programs on my computer started to have problems. I was pretty sure that it messed up my .net framework files. I re-installed the .net framework 4 files and everything looked ok.

Everything BUT Plan-G v2 & v3. After trying a bunch of stuff (sorry to get technical, but it can't be helped) I was somewhat certain that it was either running into a problem with the .net framework files, or possibly with another newly installed program - FTX Global.

I even downloaded a program from MS that was designed to repair .net framework files. NO LUCK.


So I uninstalled FTX Global and FSX, AGAIN. >:(

After re-installing ONLY FSX I tried to install Plan-G v2. NO JOY. Crashed on database building. The same problem with v3. CRASH  :(

The next step was to un-install the .net framework files. That might be a bit harder than you may think. Finally I had to downloaded a .net framework removal program from Microsoft.

NOTE - .net framework is essential to a large number of programs. If you uninstall it, you can expect problems.



The program (dotnetfx_cleanup_tool) is a restricted program on MS, but you can download it from c|net. I had it uninstall ALL versions of .net.

My download came from MS and worked to perfection. If the c|net version doesn't work you'll need to know a MCP or MCSE to get it from the MS site.


If you do decide to use this program, let it run until it says that it's done. This took a LONG time (well, 3 to 5 minutes anyway. Maybe longer.).

After removal I restarted my computer. A video card monitoring program flashed a warning that I was missing an important/critical file. But Windows 7 Pro started up with no other problems.

NEXT STEP - I intentionally DID NOT install .net framework 4.

When you go to install Plan-G v2 it will check for .net 4 and let you start the .net instillation. Just let it pick out the version of .net for you. Plan-G v3 will select a .net framework 4.5 download. (Even it you don't intend to use Plan-G v3, go through the process so that you'll have a version of .net framework 4.5 that it needs. You do need .net framework 4.5 anyway.)


After restarting my computer this time there were no error messages.

After the two Plan-G versions went through their database building they worked without any problems.


While searching this site for solutions, I saw a number of people with problems that may be related to .net framework. Hopefully this'll help.