plan g does not want to work

[nine-lives@comcast.net]

overlays are not turned off.

Friday Harbor (where my aircraft is located) is noted on the map and if I hover over the airport  KFHR and info shows up in the information area.

[tim arnot]

Friday Harbor (where my aircraft is located) is noted on the map and if I hover over the airport  KFHR and info shows up in the information area.

That shows it's definitely present in the database. Do you also get a tooltip show on the map when you hover in the area?

Do you see airspace being drawn, such as the Class C around Whidbey or Vancouver?

[nine-lives@comcast.net]

Well, I'm back again. I made some progress with Plan-G.  What I have done is I ran a search on all Plan-G files on my computer, found over 40 files as well as the installation file, I then deleted them all and then reinstalled Plan-G.
The program is now working except for 2 issues

1.   If I relocate the aircraft using "go to airport" function the program crashes and has to be restarted. If I fly to a new airport it follows properly.
2.   When I uncheck Map Overlays I loose all airports.
In my XP installation this did not happen, I do not use Map Overlays and since I find them distracting I would like to fix that function.

Is this a new function in version 0.9.1.423 or is it a problem with my installation? Is an older version of Plan-g available? One explanation of the problem is as follows.

When I first installed FSX  WIN 7 the installation was faulty. I have 2 hard drives,
C: and E: where FSX was installed. I had too reformat my E: drive and reinstall FSX to a different directory. But all the information regarding Plan G was still in the registry. I believe this could be causing my problems.

I am considering reviewing the registry and removing all instances of Plan G (there are over 50) and hopefully the new installation will go properly. I have done this with another installation that was not installing properly and after I did this all was fine.

Any comments or recommendations would be appreciated

Larry

[tim arnot]

1.   If I relocate the aircraft using "go to airport" function the program crashes and has to be restarted. If I fly to a new airport it follows properly.

Is it just Go to Airport? What about VORs, NDBs, user waypoints etc?  Is there an error shown in the log file?

2.   When I uncheck Map Overlays I loose all airports.

In my XP installation this did not happen, I do not use Map Overlays and since I find them distracting I would like to fix that function.

That is correct operation. Airports are overlays, along with other navaids, airspace etc. Unchecking overlays gives you just the base map.

I am considering reviewing the registry and removing all instances of Plan G (there are over 50) and hopefully the new installation will go properly. I have done this with another installation that was not installing properly and after I did this all was fine.

Any comments or recommendations would be appreciated

There's an app in the Plan-G folder called ClearAllSettings.exe. Run this and it will wipe all Plan-G registry entries.