How do I remove an old stand-alone executable from Fieldpoint?

[bob_miller]

In the course of becoming familiar with FieldPoint hardware and LabVIEW DSC and RT modules, I built a simple DAQ VI and installed it as
a run-time executable on my Fieldpoint. Everything worked great. But I'm done with that now. Now whenever I select the FieldPoint as
my execution target, LabVIEW complains about this "missing VI" running on the FieldPoint and requests its closure.

How do I make this executable go away? I don't just want to disable it via the DIP switch, I want to remove it. I have searched the
manuals and help documentation in vain. I tried moving the startup.exe file and other warnings popped up so I put it back...

[Aaron_G]

Bob,

Because the program is set to start-up when the FieldPoint module starts, you must first disable the start-up of the VI. You can do this via the Disable switch or via LabVIEW RT. Because the VI is running, when you first connect to it with LabVIEW RT, you will need to stop the missing VI from the warning dialog box before completing the connection to the target. You can then un-select Tools>>RT Target Options>>Miscellaneous, Launch Code at Startup.

Next, reboot the controller. After the controller is rebooted, ftp to the module, switch to the directory \ni-rt\startup and rename the file from startup.exe to nomore.exe (nomore.exe can be any 8.3 compliant filename). You can then delete the renamed file from the controller. Close the ftp connection and you are done.

Regards,
Aaron

[Xu]

My suggestion:
1. create an empty dummy vi (nothing in the block diagram).
2. build this dummy vi as a run-time executable and replace your old one (startup.exe) using LabVIEW's Application Builder.
3. ftp to FP controller and delete the dummy startup.exe, or just leave it there.
Regards,
Xu

[Mads]

FTP into the module and rename the executable, then delete it and cycle the power...

LV RT will also kill the app when you choose it as execution target and you get the menu you describe, and you can turn off the startup option...but to get rid of the executable and do it quickly just do as decsribed above.

[Xu]

Cool..., Thanks,