I played with this app for a few hours today. Installing, uninstalling, restarting PC, downloading latest version etc.. etc. etc. This app is buggy, only since the last update a couple  of days ago. Today , I could  get maybe one or two startups and flights, and then all of a sudden, I lose all communication with my ISP, active sky, Chrome browser, low bandwidth warnings, etc. etc. Uninstall the Map program, and everything instantly returns to normal..  

I am not wasting any more time. Right now, this app is as bad a a virus, in my opinion. 

Edited June 8, 20242 yr by Bobsk8

works  fine  at my end,  havnt  downloaded   to the  latest yet might  not  now 🙂

Edited June 8, 20242 yr by pete_auau

The new version of Map Enhancement did two things that slowed me down. 

First, and most significantly, it "reset" my anti-virus scanning... Previously I had to whitelist core.dll; after the update, core.dll was quarantined and I didn't see that. It took me an insanely long time before I thought of checking the quarantine folder, found core.dll, restored it, and whitelisted it again.

Second, the new version of Map Enhancement changed the Map Options back to the default "High LOD Enabled" which takes forever to load. This was a pseudo-hang; it didn't actually hang, but I got impatient and closed MSFS anyway, because I thought it was hung. After resetting to "Load High LOD images only when flying", MSFS started loading properly again.

Edited June 8, 20242 yr by prolixindec

11 hours ago, prolixindec said:

The new version of Map Enhancement did two things that slowed me down. 

First, and most significantly, it "reset" my anti-virus scanning... Previously I had to whitelist core.dll; after the update, core.dll was quarantined and I didn't see that. It took me an insanely long time before I thought of checking the quarantine folder, found core.dll, restored it, and whitelisted it again.

Second, the new version of Map Enhancement changed the Map Options back to the default "High LOD Enabled" which takes forever to load. This was a pseudo-hang; it didn't actually hang, but I got impatient and closed MSFS anyway, because I thought it was hung. After resetting to "Load High LOD images only when flying", MSFS started loading properly again.

After reading your post, and realizing that I had zero problems with Map Enhancement until I  updated to latest version 3 days ago, I went to my backup drive and downloaded an install that was about 6 weeks old. I installed that version, and so far it is working fine again. I will not update date and report back what happens. So far so good, no issues. The version I am using is   (7.5.11) 

Edited June 8, 20242 yr by Bobsk8

8 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

After reading your post, and realizing that I had zero problems with Map Enhancement until I  updated to latest version 3 days ago, I went to my backup drive and downloaded an install that was about 6 weeks old. I installed that version, and so far it is working fine again. I will not update date and report back what happens. So far so good, no issues. The version I am using is   (7.5.11) 

I got an email from the developer stating that he hadn't heard of any problems with the latest version. Make sure, if you think as I do, that something is not right with it, you let him know. 

This is my only addon (other than the HJET) so I don't expect any issues.

I managed to narrow this down to 'intrusion prevention' within my Kaspersky anti-virus software. Switch this off and you should be good to go.

1 hour ago, countvonaltibar said:

I managed to narrow this down to 'intrusion prevention' within my Kaspersky anti-virus software. Switch this off and you should be good to go.

AV off didn't work for me. Had to go back to default BING and Green roads. 

I have no antivirus at all (except Windows 11 default defender) and no issues at all, also not with the newest version of this mod. Always loads, always works, does not prolong loading times significantly (how could it, I have 2500Mbit/s DL speed on my rig, 10GB total available through fiber on my home). 

Installed and tested the latest version of ME yesterday, no issues on my end, no third party AV either.

Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem right now.

In my case it was my virus protection that was blocking it.

Roy

On 6/6/2024 at 9:13 AM, Roy Warren said:

I've been trying for a couple of weeks to get the Map Enhancement program to load with no success. Here is the error message I get :

Apply hosts change failed

Unable to patch hosts file. Please try:

Run as administrator.

Turn off your antivirus and restart your computer.

Check if any tools inside your antivirus are protecting your system.

Add this mod into white list.

Please also visit FAQ page for more information.

Error detail: Access to the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' is denied.

 

I have tried all the solutions listed above and also what various Google sites have recommended with no success.

I use this mod when it first came out, but then they changed the version and the new one won't load.

Please help if you can. Thanks

Ok so I think we both have the same issue and is different then others that posted with the solution being the anti virus, I just use win11 default protection. So after 2 hours of trial and error, tried the uncheck Read Only, searching google, trying older versions of the app to no avail. So then I started looking into the error more closely and in my case bam it just hit me. ME app cannot find the file because it's not visibly there but physically there if that makes sense?

So in my case (even with show hidden files & folders checked under folder options) I could not see this file, the only way I can see it is my using an app called "Everything" (it's a very good open source file search app that I have used for years), so using it I can see the file and even open it, edit it, save it. So using everything I right clicked the host file and added to a winrar file as a backup first, I also noticed I had a file in the 'etc' folder named 'hosts.backup' so in windows explorer I removed the .backup extension and bam the host file I can see it now.

Loaded ME app and no more error about the hosts file ; )