[BaseCamp] viewing route thru Google Earth

[saddle sore]

Steve, Dan, everyone....

Yeah, I forgot to run as admin.  I was simply opening  Command Prompt as
the user.

It now works!  BC is reading GE.

Thanks so much for the help,
Joe


On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 9:25 PM, Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you open the command line as an Administrator? It's a "right-click"
> opening
>
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 8:05 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> it's maddening.....    I'm the admin for my computer yet when I insert
>> that line in Command Prompt, I get an error message saying the COM
>> registration failed -- and then parenthetically is says user may not have
>> admin rights.  BUT I DO !
>>
>> And if I follow the path through Program Files (x86), the googleearth.exe
>> is there.
>>
>> I'm stuck.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> lol .... I searched my history, and you found it first :)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:42 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>> was it possibly this:    http://www.laptopgpsworld.com
>>>> /5594-view-google-earth-problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Lemme see if I can find it. It wasn't an auto-installer, it was a
>>>>> simple command line fix.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:19 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the immediate responses!  I thought you were on to
>>>>>> something...   my GE and Pro were 7.1.4.1529 with a build date of 3-10-15.
>>>>>> So I now have GE and Pro as 7.1.8.3036 with build date 1-17-17.   I closed
>>>>>> everything.  Ran CCleaner.  Restarted my laptop.  Opened BC.  Selected my
>>>>>> route.  Launched GE Pro.  Went back to BC and tried to view the route using
>>>>>> GE, but go the exact same error message.  BC insists that GE is not
>>>>>> running.   Thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve Bracken, when you say "I re-installed from a web-link I found
>>>>>> that addressed the issue historically. It was a command line input,
>>>>>> presumably a Registry Fix." what was it that you re-installed -- Google
>>>>>> Earth?  If so, did you uninstall the version you had on your computer
>>>>>> before re-installing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't uninstall, I just Googled how to update GE and was lead to
>>>>>> this URL:  https://support.google.com/ea
>>>>>> rth/answer/168344?hl=en&ref_topic=4487463
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I downloaded the latest version, it just seemed to replace the
>>>>>> old version because when I clicked on my destop short cut icon, and opened
>>>>>> GE, it showed the 1-17-17 version not the 3--10-15 version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, BC still can't tell it is running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't like auto installers, so doing it manually is not considered
>>>>>> a problem in my book.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had that problem last week. It suddenly broke.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I re-installed from a web-link I found that addressed the issue
>>>>>>> historically. It was a command line input, presumably a Registry Fix.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't remember where I found it, but I Googled :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re-installing BC and GE did not fix the problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Stephen! <
>>>>>>> ldrider at imagesdesavions.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >restarted GE, but BC still insists GE is not open.  Any hints what
>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>> >doing wrong?
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Suggest reinstall GE.  Mine works regardless the open status of
>>>>>>>> GE.  If GE still open it simply repositions, if not open, gets opened.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> those flashing lights on top of your car look ridiculous.
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve Bracken
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve Bracken
>>>>>
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>>> Steve Bracken
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> Steve Bracken
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