+pretzallady Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I crashed my lap top, husband replaced hard drive and installed windows 10, I have a Magellan Explorist GC and I am not able to get the Magellan Communicator to work on this lap top. It shows on my computer that it is downloaded on the c drive. I have loaded and reloaded several times using Chrome and Internet explorer neither work. It is not the GPS it is the communicator program itself. I went to my PC which until yesterday have had no issues ever with communicator and now when I click on the Magellan GPS option to send caches to my GPS on my PC it says Magellan Communicator Having Issues, but it does allow you to download the cache info to GPS. Is there a problem with the Communicater Program? Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Either/both Chrome and IE are the likely suspects. Google Chrome in latest updates, tags "add-on" programs (such as Communicator) as being a "security risk". Internet Express, in updates and later editions, seemingly has "Compatibility" issues with add-ons and even some websites. The most trouble-free browser seems to be Mozilla Firefox. I've heard there is a fix or work-around for Chrome, but I don't know it. IE may be made workable if you use this feature for adding websites to the compatibility list -- choose your version on the right side drop-down. There is another alternative (for Premium Members): Use Pocket Queries, download the data and load it directly to the GPSr. You do so directly from the computer, not using any browser or add-on program. Thereby eliminating such problems. Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Either/both Chrome and IE are the likely suspects. snip%< The most trouble-free browser seems to be Mozilla Firefox. I've heard there is a fix or work-around for Chrome, but I don't know it. snip%< There is another alternative (for Premium Members): Use Pocket Queries, download the data and load it directly to the GPSr. You do so directly from the computer, not using any browser or add-on program. Thereby eliminating such problems. That is about got it... I've just been through it on my systems, and Firefox presented the best solution. The problem is with IE and Chrome dropping the NPAPI usage. Firefox supposedly does the same thing through JAVA. thus in MY case, Garmin Communicator now works... The same is probably true of the others in varying degrees, I just don't use them. Took me just a bit to get Firefox and Java to work together well, just setting and enabling things. Chromes work around seems to now ended with the newest version, 45?, and so did communicator in late April... Mine hung on for a bit until my system updated itself. So go Firefox... I don't know why I tried Chrome in the first place, but I did like many of it's features. Perhaps things will straighten out as W10 kicks in... I assume there is a reluctance to do anything for W8.1 and much less for Vista (me). Would be helpful if the various Communicator programs were made OPEN. But only if the companies are truly casting them off. I agree that PM would solve the problem for many. I may eventually go that route myself after all these years, but I find the money better spent on things I need right now. I am finding more available, but it's still just getting by... and I don't get that much caching in either, but enough. Doug 7rxc Edited June 4, 2015 by 7rxc Quote Link to comment
+rog-jor Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 same issues was able to "send to my gps" now I have to use GPX file oh well Quote Link to comment
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