Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.3

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gfxdsnr427
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Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.3

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I've installed and flown both these planes before, so I know I've got them to work...But for the life of me, I can no longer get them to install properly. They both install with no errors and even asks me if I want "Activate add-on A2A?" when I run P3D for the first time after A2A installation. However the planes will not show up in the list of available planes no matter what I try...(uninstalling, reinstalling, moving folders, renaming titles, editing the addons.cfg, etc.) I've tried everything I can think of to get P3D to see the planes. I've even tried dropping the "A2A_C182" folder directly into the "aircraft" folder along with all the other planes that show up in the aircraft list...no love. It seems like I'm missing something, because I can't find this exact issue anywhere in the forums.

Windows 10 1803
P3D v4.3
Latest A2A downloads
I own no other A2A aircraft


Thanks for any help!

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Nick - A2A
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Re: Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.

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Hello gfxdsnr427 - welcome to the A2A forums.

We released some new installers for the Prepar3D v4 products back in May. Please can you confirm if you're using these new installers or the original ones? If you have the new ones, they'll show the version number 18.4.22.0 in the Windows "apps & features" window.

The same version number can also be verified in the file properties of the installer .exe file itself.

Thanks,
Nick

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Re: Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.

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Hi Nick, Thanks for the help...

Under the Details tab of the .exe properties, it shows ...
File/Product Version: 18.4.22.0.
Date Modified" 5/25/2018 6:27AM

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Re: Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.

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Thanks for the info. Yes, that's the latest installer.

When you try to install, are you using the default directory (Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons) or are you choosing a different one?

It's a bit strange that you're seeing the prompt to activate the add-on, as the installer should automatically take care of this. One thing I guess you could check is that "show only favorites" isn't highlighted in the "select vehicle" menu.

Thanks,
Nick

gfxdsnr427
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Re: Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.

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That's it!!! Thank you! I had "Show only favorites" selected. I will have to remember to take that off whenever I'm adding new aircraft to the list.

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Re: Cannot get C182/C172 to show up in aircraft list P3D v4.

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You're welcome. Glad that it's a nice simple fix in this case. :)

All the best,
Nick

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