Lost or replaced POI?

You have to load them all at one time.Every time you run poiloader it overwrites the existing ones.

I'll try that right now

Wonderful! thank you very much! will I have to download them all again every time I want to add something new?

Every time

Create a directory on your computer hard drive and just keep them there. Then you just need to add new POIs to this directory when you find something new--or when an existing POI has an update, you just need to download it to replace the old one.

Then run POI Loader and it'll load all the POI files (and icons and audio, if you have any there, too) into your GPS. There won't be a need to redownload to your computer each time since they'll be there from your previous update, but you will load all files from the computer to the GPS each time you make an addition or change.

One method to get around it is by using the rename method.That works well for files you don't have to update a lot see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/8779 .

I'll have to give that a try! thanks!

Create a directory on your computer hard drive and just keep them there. Then you just need to add new POIs to this directory when you find something new--or when an existing POI has an update, you just need to download it to replace the old one.

Then run POI Loader and it'll load all the POI files (and icons and audio, if you have any there, too) into your GPS. There won't be a need to redownload to your computer each time since they'll be there from your previous update, but you will load all files from the computer to the GPS each time you make an addition or change.[/quote]

One method to get around it is by using the rename method.That works well for files you don't have to update a lot see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/8779 .[/quote]

That is easy also!..wow..everyone has been a huge help..y'all are amazing..thanks!

You may also want to look at this if you want to set up categories for your custom pois. http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721

I use a slightly different renaming method. Instead of loading poi.gpi alert / tourguide files to nuvi, I select 'save to custom folder' option in POI Loader and save it to the same folder as the source files. I then rename poi.gpi file to Rest Area poi.gpi for example and copy to my nuvi. This keeps a copy on pc and I don't have to worry about erasing a very large poi.gpi on nuvi.