Re: MetroGuide 5 registry entries

From: Dennis Pogson (dennisnospam_pogson_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/26/05


Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:53:19 GMT

jt wrote:
> Thanks to an error on my part, I had to re-install all my Mapsource
> products - City Navigator, Topo, and MetroGuide. Unfortunately, the
> first CD of MetroGuide 5 is unreadable and I can't run the install
> routine. The MetroGuide data is still intact on my hard drive, so I
> believe all that's needed for it to work is the proper registry
> values. I've tried copying the format of the City Navigator registry
> values, but I get errors when trying to run MapSource.
>
>
>
> What I'm hoping is that a MetroGuide owner here can post their
> registry entries so I can copy them. Of particular interest is the
> "ID" value, though there may be other entries that I'm missing too.
> It won't be a lot - two keys and about 9 values.
>
>
>
> Can someone please look at their registry and post the keys and
> values? I would greatly appreciate it. Of course, please be careful
> and don't change anything in your own registry. The place to look
> is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Garmin > MapSource.
>
>
>
> By the way, I contacted Garmin about a replacement CD, and they want
> $15 for it. Call me cheap, but they've got quite a bit of my money
> already, and with the data intact I'm sure I can get it working again.
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for anyone who takes the time to help me out.

There is no ID value in my registry under Mapsource, and the program works
perfectly. Must be some other problem, maybe nothing to do with the
registry.

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