I’ve been running SGP for about a year with no issues but after installing ASCOM 6.2 and SGP 2.4.3.21, I am getting an exception report when trying to start SGP:
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ASCOM.Utilities.Exceptions.HelperException: Unable to open ephemeris file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ASCOM\Astrometry\JPLEPH, RC: 1
at ASCOM.Astrometry.NOVAS.NOVAS31…ctor() in C:\ASCOM Build\Export\ASCOM.Astrometry\ASCOM.Astrometry\NOVAS31.vb:line 99
at ASCOM.Astrometry.AstroUtils.AstroUtils…ctor() in C:\ASCOM Build\Export\ASCOM.Astrometry\ASCOM.Astrometry\AstroUtils.vb:line 32
at ASCOM.Astrometry.Transform.Transform…ctor() in C:\ASCOM Build\Export\ASCOM.Astrometry\ASCOM.Astrometry\Transform.vb:line 69
at SequenceGenerator.Astrometry.c()
at SequenceGenerator.MDIImageForm.dr(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
Sequence Generator
Assembly Version: 2.4.3.21
Win32 Version: 2.4.3.21
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/Sequence%20Generator.exe
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34238 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34251 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34270 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
ServiceStack
Assembly Version: 3.9.48.0
Win32 Version: 3.9.48.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/ServiceStack.DLL
ServiceStack.Interfaces
Assembly Version: 3.9.48.0
Win32 Version: 3.9.48.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/ServiceStack.Interfaces.DLL
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Serialization.dll
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
Newtonsoft.Json
Assembly Version: 4.5.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.5.8.15203
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/Newtonsoft.Json.DLL
System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34268
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll
System.Xml.Linq
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml.Linq/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.Linq.dll
System.Data
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
RestSharp
Assembly Version: 104.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 104.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/RestSharp.DLL
ServiceStack.ServiceInterface
Assembly Version: 3.9.48.0
Win32 Version: 3.9.48.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/ServiceStack.ServiceInterface.DLL
ServiceStack.Common
Assembly Version: 3.9.48.0
Win32 Version: 3.9.48.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/ServiceStack.Common.DLL
ServiceStack.Text
Assembly Version: 3.9.45.0
Win32 Version: 3.9.45.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/ServiceStack.Text.DLL
System.Web
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34280 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Web/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Web.dll
System.ServiceModel
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceModel/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.dll
ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces
Assembly Version: 6.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 6.2.0.2774
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces/6.0.0.0__565de7938946fba7/ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces.dll
GraphLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/GraphLib.DLL
MediaSlider
Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.3.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/MediaSlider.DLL
Anonymously Hosted DynamicMethods Assembly
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/mscorlib/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/mscorlib.dll
System.Data.Linq
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Data.Linq/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.Linq.dll
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.dll
System.Management
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll
Microsoft.GeneratedCode
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
ASCOM.Utilities
Assembly Version: 6.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 6.2.0.2774
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/ASCOM.Utilities/6.0.0.0__565de7938946fba7/ASCOM.Utilities.dll
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 12.0.51209.34209 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
Interop.QSICameraLib
Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 3.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Sequence%20Generator/Interop.QSICameraLib.DLL
ASCOM.DriverAccess
Assembly Version: 6.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 6.2.0.2774
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/ASCOM.DriverAccess/6.0.0.0__565de7938946fba7/ASCOM.DriverAccess.dll
ASCOM.Astrometry
Assembly Version: 6.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 6.2.0.2774
CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/ASCOM.Astrometry/6.0.0.0__565de7938946fba7/ASCOM.Astrometry.dll
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