Restoring the prompt for initial route waypoints

I apologize for the trouble. We have this on our list of things to do.

In the mean-time, there are a couple ways to get it back:

1. The sledge-hammer

Delete the directory C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Local\GARMIN_Corp (On Windows XP the path is a little different). This will reset all settings for all installed Garmin applications.

2. The surgeon's tool

Find the correct folder for your current BaseCamp settings in the directory mentioned above. The easiest way to find that is to start BaseCamp, re-order some columns so the file gets rewritten and then sort the folders by Date modified. Open the user.config file in C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Local\GARMIN_Corp\BaseCamp.exe_Url_{some_letters_and_numbers}\4.2.1.0 with notepad.

Search for this:

<setting name="ShowRouteCreationDialog" serializeAs="String">
<value>False</value>
</setting>


Replace False with True.

Excellent. I'm using Windows XP and I found it as:

[FONT=Courier New]C:\Documents and Settings\myID\Local Settings\Application Data\GARMIN_Corp\BaseCamp.exe_Url_longstringofstuff\4.2.1.0\user.config[/FONT]
Being a software architect myself, I used gvim instead of notepad. :)

That did the trick. Now I'll remember not to click that "Don't show this window again" until it can be restored easier.
Thanks!