Error 2 when starting LabVIEW from ELVIS Instrument Launcher

[jfischer]

I have a WinXP Pro SP2 box that's running LabVIEW 7.1 (academic license) and NI ELVIS 2.0.1.

When I perform the following steps,

1) Log on to the WinXP machine as a user who does not have Power User or Administrator privileges.

2) Click on Start > All Programs > National Instruments > NI ELVIS 2.0 > NI ELVIS

3) Wait for the "ELVIS - Instrument Launcher" application to finish initializing.

4) Click on the "Launch LabVIEW" button at the bottom of the ELVIS - Instrument Launcher window.

I immediately get an error dialog that says

_dialog_box_text_

Error 2 occurred at System Exec.vi. Command
was "LabVIEW.exe:\ "C:\Program Files\National
Instruments\NI ELVIS 2.0\ELVIS - LabView
Launcher.lib""

Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW: Memory is full.
---
NI-488: Write detected no Listeners.

["Continue" button]

_/dialog_box_text_

[n.b. The characters ":\" that immediately follow the LabVIEW.exe program name (see above) are not a typo on my part. Those characters are shown on the Error 2 dialog box.]


It seems unlikely to me that the ELVIS - Instrument Launcher application has run out of memory. The host machine has 512MB of physical memory and the ELVIS - Instrument Launcher application is the only (user-layer) application. The Windows Task Manager (via a "3-finger salute" - Ctrl+Alt+Delete) indicates ample memory resources are still available when the Error 2 dialog pops up.

For what it's worth, if I perform steps 1 thru 4 above while logged on as a WinXP administrator user, I do not get the Error 2 dialog. I get instead the "NI ELVIS - LabVIEW Launcher" dialog which offers the following 3 choices: View NI ELVIS Examples; View NI ELVIS Instrument Source Code; Open LabVIEW.

Is there anything I can do to correct the Error 2 problem for non-administrator users?

[George M.]

Hi,

Well since it works as an admin, I am assuming there is a problem with you being an admin all the time. If there is, then I would suggest giving full sharing privileges to the National Instruments folder, to whichever user you are. See if that works. Let me know.

George