Plan-G not starting

[GrahamP]

Hi,

I have been using Plan-G v3.1.3.113 in Windows 7 for some time without problems, with P3D running in Windows 7 on a separate PC (but Plan-G not connected to P3D).  It was working OK earlier today until I shut down the PC without closing Plan-G.  After starting the PC again, when I click on the Plan-G start shortcut, a window flashes briefly showing PLAN 'G' v3.1.3 (w7, 8 ...) by Tim Arnot, etc., then this minimises to the task bar.  The Plannner and Information windows also flash briefly at the same time but Plan-G itself does not start.  If I then try to run it from the icon in the task bar I just get the same brief flash of the same windows.

I wondered if shutting down the PC without first closing windows had corrupted some thing so I uninstalled Plan-G, deleted all references to Plan-G in the registry, disabled anti-virus and re-installed v3.1.3.113 (using "Run as administrator) in C:\TA Software\Plan-G v3.1.3\.  Before doing this I I also renamed to C:\Users\Graham\My Documents\Plan-G\ folder to Plan-G (bak).

After this re-installation I still have the same problem.  Rebooting and trying again makes no difference. Disabling anti-virus makes no difference.

Without internet connected, the Plan-G_Log.txt file says the following:
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21:46:01.3 Starting Plan-G (W7 edition), build 3.1.3.113
21:46:01.3 OS is Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
21:46:01.4 InitDataFolder
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_NAVI.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\UserWaypoints.sdf
21:46:01.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\MEF.sdf
21:46:02.1 Map tiles cache: C:\Users\Graham\AppData\Local\GMap.NET\
21:46:02.2 Program in: C:\TA Software\Plan-G v3.1.3
21:46:02.2 Data in: C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files
21:46:02.2 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:46:02.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:46:02.3 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:46:02.3 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:46:02.3 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:46:02.3 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:46:02.3 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:46:02.3 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:46:02.5 Starting timer
21:46:02.5 DownloadCurrentMetars thread started
21:46:02.5 Metar21Z.TXT started
21:46:02.5 sTAF18Z.TXT started
21:46:02.5 lTAF18Z.TXT started
21:46:02.5 sTAF12Z.TXT started
21:46:02.5 lTAF12Z.TXT started
21:46:02.5 Metar20Z.TXT started
21:46:02.6 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:46:02.6 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:46:02.6 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:46:02.6 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:46:02.6 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:46:02.6 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:46:02.7 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:46:02.7 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:46:05.0 Stopping timer
21:46:05.0 StartMap
21:46:05.0 Connection string: metadata=res://*/Data.FSData.csdl|res://*/Data.FSData.ssdl|res://*/Data.FSData.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5;provider connection string='Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf'
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'tgftp.nws.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 Metar21Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'tgftp.nws.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 Metar20Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'weather.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 lTAF18Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'weather.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 lTAF12Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'weather.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 getWxDataWorker The remote name could not be resolved: 'weather.noaa.gov'
21:46:05.2 sTAF18Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 sTAF12Z.TXT done
21:46:05.2 DownloadCurrentMetars done
21:46:05.2 ProcessMetars done
21:46:05.3 NdbsInBounds 0
21:46:05.4 VorsInBounds 0
21:46:05.5 AirportsInBounds 0
21:46:05.5 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:46:05.5 NdbsInBounds 0
21:46:05.6 VorsInBounds 0
21:46:05.6 AirportsInBounds 0
21:46:05.6 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:47:04.9
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With internet connected, the Plan-G_Log.txt file says the following:
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21:50:26.0 Starting Plan-G (W7 edition), build 3.1.3.113
21:50:26.0 OS is Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
21:50:26.2 InitDataFolder
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_NAVI.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\UserWaypoints.sdf
21:50:26.2 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\MEF.sdf
21:50:26.7 Metar21Z.TXT done
21:50:26.7 DownloadCurrentMetars done
21:50:26.8 Map tiles cache: C:\Users\Graham\AppData\Local\GMap.NET\
21:50:27.0 Program in: C:\TA Software\Plan-G v3.1.3
21:50:27.0 Data in: C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files
21:50:27.0 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:50:27.0 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:50:27.0 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:50:27.0 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:50:27.0 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:50:27.0 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:50:27.0 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:50:27.0 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:50:27.3 Starting timer
21:50:27.3 DownloadCurrentMetars thread started
21:50:27.3 Metar21Z.TXT started
21:50:27.3 sTAF12Z.TXT started
21:50:27.3 lTAF18Z.TXT started
21:50:27.3 Metar20Z.TXT started
21:50:27.3 sTAF18Z.TXT started
21:50:27.3 lTAF12Z.TXT started
21:50:27.4 IsDataLoaded: FSX
21:50:27.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FSX.sdf
21:50:27.4 IsDataLoaded: FS9
21:50:27.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_FS9.sdf
21:50:27.4 IsDataLoaded: P3D
21:50:27.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf
21:50:27.4 IsDataLoaded: XPlane
21:50:27.4 Data Source = C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Plan-G Files\Data\PlanG3_XPX.sdf
21:50:27.4 ProcessMetars done
21:50:29.6 getWxDataWorker The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
21:50:29.6 sTAF18Z.TXT done
21:50:29.6 getWxDataWorker The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
21:50:29.6 lTAF18Z.TXT done
21:50:29.6 getWxDataWorker The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
21:50:29.6 lTAF12Z.TXT done
21:50:29.6 getWxDataWorker The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
21:50:29.6 sTAF12Z.TXT done
21:50:29.8 Stopping timer
21:50:29.8 StartMap
21:50:29.8 Connection string: metadata=res://*/Data.FSData.csdl|res://*/Data.FSData.ssdl|res://*/Data.FSData.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5;provider connection string='Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Data\PlanG3_P3D.sdf'
21:50:30.1 NdbsInBounds 0
21:50:30.1 VorsInBounds 0
21:50:30.2 AirportsInBounds 0
21:50:30.3 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:50:30.3 NdbsInBounds 0
21:50:30.3 VorsInBounds 0
21:50:30.3 AirportsInBounds 0
21:50:30.3 AirspaceInBounds 0
21:50:35.5 Metar20Z.TXT done
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Your help with this would be much appreciated.

Regards
Graham

P.S.  I have re-installed Plan-G a number of times but still unresolved.  Have also tried starting direct from the Plan-G3.exe file (using "Run as administrator") but no difference.

[GrahamP]

Resolved by installing v3.1.4 :).  Thanks for a great program and for the continued support of it.  Donation made in appreciation.

Regards
Graham

[tim arnot]

If it happens again, just delete the config file.