# Project Plugin Configurator

The Project Plugin Configurator displays the list of plugins installed for Cognex Designer, and allows you to select and load them into a selected project.

To access the Project Plugin Configurator, click the blue Utilities bar in the Cognex Designer Launch Page (1), and then the Project Plugin Configuration button at the bottom (2).

This opens the Project Plugin Configurator dialog, along with a Browse dialog, allowing you to select the Cognex Designer project that you wish to enable or disable plugins for. Once a project is selected, the Project Plugin Configurator dialog gets populated with all available plugins, and also with the plugins that were previously used in the project (even if they are no longer available for Cognex Designer, or are not compatible with the current version):

Each plugin is listed in a separate row, containing a checkbox to enable or disable them, and showing information on the plugins' developer, name, version, target Cognex Designer API, and the supported CPU instruction set.

In case an installed plugin is not compatible with the installed Cognex Designer version (for example, either because the target Cognex Designer API is different, or because the CPU of the PC is not supported), the plugin's row is greyed out, and a reason is provided in the Message column. If a plugin required for the project is not installed on the PC, its row is highlighted in red.

See the Enabling or Disabling Optional Plugins for Existing Projects topic for more information on how to disable or enable supported plugins in a selected project.

Note:

Cognex Designer plug-ins and company names cannot include characters that are invalid for Windows file names or directory names and paths. These include the following:

- ASCII/Unicode characters 1 through 31
- Quote (")
- Less than (<)
- Greater than (>)
- Pipe (|)
- Backspace (\b)
- Null (\0)
- Tab (\t)

Examples of invalid names include:

- Company Name: Cog|nex<
- Name: My "Final" LED