OpenCPN will not open in Windows 10 64 bit

[BBC30]

I have used without issues prior versions of OpenCPN in Windows 10 and prior Windows versions. I installed version 5 as a parallel installment to versions 4.8 and version 5 worked fine. Then I uninstalled version 4.8 and now version 5 crashes on opening. I get a window that says opencpn has stopped working and Windows needs to close it. Attachment shows window.

What to do??

Thanks.

[bcn]

Which version your are trying to run exactly?

There are ten-thousands of OCPN under W10 out there.

[BBC30]

Version 5, like I said. Or more specifically version 5.0.0+9065270. Windows 10 Enterprise, 64 bit.

[bcn]

You might try to start with an empty opencpn.ini file.
Rename the existing one - it should be found at ...\Program Data\Opencpn and start again.

[BBC30]

Thanks. I did what you said and I got the same result with the same "close window" show in my first post. I think now I will uninstall and reinstall and see what that does.

[BBC30]

I uninstalled Current version of OpenCPN, cleaned laptop (Glary), shut down, restarted, installed OpenCPN and it crashed on opening.

Here is the event log:

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09:51:50: 2019-11-27
09:51:50: ------- Starting OpenCPN -------
09:51:50: 5.0.0+9065270
09:51:50: wxWidgets version: wxWidgets 3.1.2 Microsoft Windows NT 64 bit wxMSW
09:51:50: OS Version reports as: 10.0
09:51:50: MemoryStatus: mem_total: 7835 mb, mem_initial: 13 mb
09:51:50: SData_Locn is C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\
09:51:50: PrivateDataDir is C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
09:51:50: Creating new Config_File: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\opencpn.ini
09:51:50: Switch InlandEcdis mode Off
09:51:50: Styles loading from C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\uidata\styles.xml
09:51:50: No styles found at: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
09:51:50: No styles found at: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\.opencpn\
09:51:50: Using SVG Icons
09:51:50: Detected display size (horizontal): 344 mm
09:51:50: Getting DefaultSystemLocale...
09:51:50: Found LanguageInfo for: English
09:51:50: System default Language: en_GB
09:51:50: Config file language:
09:51:50: Retrieving initial language selection from Windows Registry
09:51:50: Adjusted App language: en_US
9:51:50 AM: Opencpn language load for: en_US
9:51:50 AM: Loading catalog for opencpn core.
9:51:50 AM: Getting DefaultSystemLocale...
9:51:50 AM: Found LanguageInfo for: English
9:51:50 AM: Opencpn language set to: en_US
9:51:50 AM: Creating new Configs catalog: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\Configs\configs.xml
9:51:50 AM: Loading Configs catalog: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\Configs\configs.xml
9:51:53 AM: Creating MyFrame...size(1344, 721) position(0, 0)
9:51:53 AM: Error: can't open file 'C:\ProgramData\opencpn\MMSINAME.CSV' (error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.)

Any ideas? Thanks.

[P_Dub]

Try it with open Acceleratd Graphics Open GL off.

[BBC30]

How do I change the setting for Acceleratd Graphics Open GL when the program will not open?

[cagney]

Originally Posted by BBC30

How do I change the setting for Acceleratd Graphics Open GL when the program will not open?

Try something like

C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\opencpn.exe -no_opengl

or somthing similar, dependeing on your installation, from the dos prompt. One way is to press "run" and then enter the full path to opencpn.exe and add the "-no_opengl".

Thomas

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by BBC30

I uninstalled Current version of OpenCPN, cleaned laptop (Glary), shut down, restarted, installed OpenCPN and it crashed on opening.

Here is the event log:

_______
09:51:50: 2019-11-27
09:51:50: ------- Starting OpenCPN -------
09:51:50: 5.0.0+9065270
9:51:53 AM: Error: can't open file 'C:\ProgramData\opencpn\MMSINAME.CSV' (error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.)

Any ideas? Thanks.

It seems your uninstaller does not work. Otherwise a new installed OpenCPN does not know about "C:\ProgramData\opencpn\MMSINAME.CSV".


First delete the whole folder C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
and then install again.

[bcn]

Or edit the opencpn.ini file setting

OpenGL=0

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by bcn

Or edit the opencpn.ini file setting

OpenGL=0

A file not found error has nothing to do with OpenGL.

[bcn]

That error message is quite frequent and is just a warning.

The rest of the references to the directories from the log look just right.

Hubert

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by bcn

That error message is quite frequent and is just a warning.

The rest of the references to the directories from the log look just right.

Hubert

An error is called error because it is an error and not a warning.

[Discovery 15797]

Uninstall engines are often misleading as they do not completely remove everything. Also, uninstalls will not remove personal data files, or registry keys.

Many install/uninstall engines are poorly designed and will not rewrite registry keys if a key already exists. This is because most developers do not assume users will do parallel installations on a single computer since some of the libraries (dlls) and keys are shared...thus removing one instance corrupts the other.

So, it may not be sufficient to simply "uninstall" and delete folders, you may have to delete all references from the registry also. This can be a time consuming process and is not always guaranteed.

Your best bet might be to restore your computer from a previous backup and start from there. You did create a backup right?