Build 51 CTD

[mhl]

Have just installed build 51 after previously uninstalling build 50.  Installation seemed too quick.  As soon as the program opens it crashes with the standard MS dialog box saying Plan-G has stopped working.

Nothing helpful in the log file - except that it looks as if installation didn't complete properly ...

20:56:37.7

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20:56:37.7 Starting Plan-G, build 3.0.2.51
20:56:37.7 OS is Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
20:56:38.0 InitDataFolder
20:56:38.0 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
20:56:38.0 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
20:56:38.0 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
20:56:38.0 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_NAVI.sdf
20:56:38.0 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\UserWaypoints.sdf
20:56:38.1 Data Source = C:\Users\mike\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\MEF.sdf

[tim arnot]

I've run the install multiple times here, and I haven't seen any problems. I can only suggest you try the standard app recovery techniques - uninstall/reinstall, go back to the last restore point etc.

[alexf]

I had that happen to me the first time I installed. Uninstalled v50, installed v51 and crash upon running it. Tried to run it 3 times. Same thing.,

Uninstalled v51 and reinstalled it. Works fine now. Must have been a glitch in the first installation. Dunno. No issues now.

[mhl]

Tim

I'm afraid this install just does not work for me.  I have tried the standard recovery techniques, uninstalling and re-installing (with Registry clean and reboot in between) but still to no avail.  Can you confirm, from the log file that I posted above, that the installation is completing OK? - it seems to be very short and doesn't give any clear statement that installation was completed OK.  Is there a known problem with 64-bit systems?

I had a closer look at the problem details from the "Plan-G3 has stopped working" dialog box (see below).  Although this code is largely beyond my understanding, I do wonder about the System.DllNotFoundException.  Could my system be missing some key dll which is being called by Plan-G?

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   CLR20r3
  Problem Signature 01:   plan-g3.exe
  Problem Signature 02:   3.0.2.51
  Problem Signature 03:   50d0decf
  Problem Signature 04:   UIAutomationTypes
  Problem Signature 05:   4.0.30319.17929
  Problem Signature 06:   4ffa7be8
  Problem Signature 07:   e
  Problem Signature 08:   0
  Problem Signature 09:   System.DllNotFoundException
  OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:   2057
  Additional Information 1:   0a9e
  Additional Information 2:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
  Additional Information 3:   0a9e
  Additional Information 4:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[tim arnot]

There is no problem with 64 bit systems. You could try a standalone install of SqlServerCE, that's about all I can think of.

[mhl]

Tried your suggestion, Tim - sadly no luck  :(

[tim arnot]

If you reinstall build 50, does that work?

[mhl]

Tim

I had hoped that reinstalling build 50 would work but unfortunately not - the same error.

[mhl]

Tim

I am not one to give up easily.  I reviewed the small detail of the error message when Plan-G crashed, and cross-referenced bits of it with other FSX error posts (not only Plan-G) in various forums.  The notorious UIAutomationCore.dll kept cropping up so, as a long shot, I tried dropping a 'clean' copy of this dll in the Plan-G directory.  Hey Presto! - I now have both build 50 and 51 running OK.

I don't know enough about what UIAutomationCore.dll does, or how Plan-G uses it - but perhaps a helpful result for other users who have problems with Plan-G to try?

Mike L

[JohnDoeIII]

Thank you very much MikeL, I also have had the same constant crashing regarding UIAutomationcore.dll. I too had applied this old CTD fix for FSX, I am running Win7x64, and copying a backup I made from my Syswow64 folder to the Plan-G folder solved the constant crashes with the error type: UIAutomationTypes.

I hope others with the same crashes can find this thread, because it almost put me off using this incredible tool.