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:

_______
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

[bcn]

Or edit the opencpn.ini file setting

OpenGL=0

[BBC30]

Originally Posted by cagney

Try something like



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

I did this, as best I could, and it still won't open.

[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.

[transmitterdan]

Copy these files to a safe place.

C:\programdata\opencpn\opencpn.ini


C:\programdata\opencpn\*.xml

Then rename the folder C:\programdata\opencpn\ to C:\programdata\opencpn1\

Then install OpenCPN again. Don’t start it, install it again.

If it still does not work delete the plugin file objsearch_pi.dll located in C:\programdata\opencpn\plugins folder.

Then see if O will start.

[BBC30]

Originally Posted by transmitterdan

Copy these files to a safe place.

C:\programdata\opencpn\opencpn.ini


C:\programdata\opencpn\*.xml

Then rename the folder C:\programdata\opencpn\ to C:\programdata\opencpn1\

Then install OpenCPN again. Don’t start it, install it again.

If it still does not work delete the plugin file objsearch_pi.dll located in C:\programdata\opencpn\plugins folder.

Then see if O will start.

Thanks. I did what you said and it did not start. And I don't have a file "objsearch pi.dll" on the laptop.

[P_Dub]

Well, here we go... Switch off your Microsoft security anti-virus, Removed all the program Opencpn (keep your charts), and then, re_install without having your anti-virus on. See if this works, it did for me. then you can switch on your security of Mirosoft.
Good Luck.