After installing Discover or another user logs onto the computer loaded with Discover the software
fails to automatically start when loading MapInfo.
How do I enable Discover to open automatically?
Solution
To start Discover automatically, open MapInfo and navigate to Tools>Run MapBasic Program…
Using the dropdown menu located adjacent to the ‘Look in:’ window, navigate to the folder where the
Discover application has been installed.
By default Discover will install to C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\Discover.
Select the MapBasic file (denoted by the .MBX extension) called ‘discover.MBX’ and click ‘Open’.
To ensure that Discover automatically runs upon MapInfo startup, select
Discover>Configuration>Settings, and tick the “Automatically start Discover when
MapInfo starts” option at the bottom of the dialog.
This initial need to run Discover through the Tools menu for each new user is required as MapInfo
creates all the registry entries for the MapInfo Tools under each user name rather than in the machine
registry entries.
As the Discover registry entry is automatically added to the Machine Registry settings, it is not picked
up when a new user logs on.
