Labview Runtime Engine 2021

[Dragonrider]

Greetings Everyone,

This is driving me crazy. Computer is windows 10 with no Labview ever installed. A co-worker created a program for me in Labview 2021 to analyze some data and sent me the executable along with the .ini and alias file. I am fairly literate in Labview but have not had the chance to install on this new PC at work. I originally installed RTE 2021 and got the error shown. I then installed the latest patch SP1 f2 in case that was the issue. Same result. "Unable to locate Runtime Engine Labview 2021." Does anyone have any ideas? Do I need to install VISA Runtime also? Or something else? The program essentially reads all the data files in a selected folder, creates an array of failures to view, and calculates First Pass Yield. Unable to get help from the author for a few days as he is out on vacation. You can see in the image that the RTE is installed as indicated in NI Package Manager. I even tried doing a repair to the RTE to no avail. I have Administrator rights on the PC. The RTE was installed directly from the NI Website using the Download Manager.

Any ideas????

Thanks,

Frank

Unable to locate Runtime Engine 2021

[Martin_Henz]

Have you also tried to install the 32 Bit runtime engine?

[Dragonrider · Accepted solution]

I haven't but great suggestion. Will do that now. Nothing to lose...

[JSport]

Hi Frank, Were you ever able to solve this issue? I am having the same problem (Same error) with an application that was shared with me by a colleague. Another LabVIEW app I have works just fine. 

Thanks! 

[altenbach]

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@JSport wrote:

Hi Frank, Were you ever able to solve this issue? I am having the same problem (Same error) with an application that was shared with me by a colleague. Another LabVIEW app I have works just fine. 

Thanks! 

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Did you see the respsonse about the correct bitness? Maybe the other application is different.

[Dragonrider]

Greetings. Sorry for the late response but I am on vacation lol. The issue did turn out to be 32-bit versus 64-bit. I had originally installed the 64-bit version of the runtime engine and it turns out that the software guy that wrote the program had a 32-bit computer. Once I downloaded the 32-bit runtime engine everything worked with no issues. If you haven't already try installing the one that you haven't already installed. Good luck

[altenbach]

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@Dragonrider wrote:

. I had originally installed the 64-bit version of the runtime engine and it turns out that the software guy that wrote the program had a 32-bit computer.

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It is much more likely that he had a 64bit OS (if that's what you mean by "computer"), but was using 32bit LabVIEW. Many still do for various reasons.

[AEI_JR]

Came across this thread when doing research for a customer having trouble reinstalling one of our applications.  My first thought was a RTE bit incompatibility, which they are checking on (we only use 32-bit LabVIEW).  The message they are getting has me somewhat concerned though, because it's something I've not come across before.

"Unable to locate the LabVIEW Full Featured Run-Time Engine."

The Full Featured part gives me pause, as I don't understand the implication.  Anyone else come across this term in this context?