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Some Cognex produced Designer plugins (ViDi and VisionPro Deep Learning based plugins in particular) are defaulted to an "on" or "AutoSelectPlugin" state. This causes issues when starting new Designer projects not allowing you to create a project without completing additional steps.
You can permanently avoid this issue by disabling the default state of these plugins by navigating to:
C:\ProgramData\Cognex\Designer\Plugins\Cognex
and then navigating to the particular plugin folder causing Designer errors or in a non optimal state. Once in this folder you will find an XML file called Plug.config which can be edited in Notepad.
Locate the following line:
<AutoSelectPlugin>True</AutoSelectPlugin>
and replace it with:
<AutoSelectPlugin>False</AutoSelectPlugin>
Depending on your admin privileges on the PC you may need to move this file to your desktop prior to making modifications and then move the file back to it's original location.
