DAQmx.rc Error

[Anto_Gior]

Hello,

today I installed LabView in order to open some files I received from a friend; this is my first time using LabView.

Everytime I try to open one of the VI files, it takes a bit of time to look through the LabView folder in my HDD and then the pop-up error "Driver or toolkit component missing daqmx.rc" appears.

I tried to look around for a solution of this problem: I installed the driver using the NI package manager, I assured that in the "Software" menu in NI MAX the "NI-DAQmx Device Driver" was present (as suggested here), but still I could not open these files without that pop-up error.

My thought is that this could be a problem of directory: I have both an SSD (with my OS) and an HDD. I extracted all of the files of the downloaded installer into an HDD folder but I still noticed that some folders were created in the SSD "Programs" folder .

Moreover, during the installation I came through a pop-up "you must install the appropriate device drivers labview..." which did not allow me to proceed since it said that my HDD LabView folder was not an appropriate folder for driver support, so I had to choose "decline support" if I remember correctly.

How can I solve this? My SSD is pretty filled up so I really would like to store everything in the HDD memory.

Thanks in advance.

[tyk007]

I recall looking into this a while back and I think you have to install the bulk of the applications and driver components on the system drive where the Program Files / Program Files (x86) / ProgramData folders are found (or at least it seemed that way back in 2012).

If your system drive (SSD) is full and no more room is negotiable then another option is to virtualize the entire LabVIEW installation and run that VM off your HDD. It will be slower than running off your SDD, of course, but you'll also get the flexibility to control the installation, prevent it from interfering with your Host OS and, if necessary, cleanly remove it when you are done (by just deleting the VM off disk).

[Anto_Gior]

 I tried to uninstall everything and then re-install LabView (and the required driver) all in the SSD, but the problem persists.

When uninstalling everything I managed to delete all the directiories but I ended up having the "Shared" folder with inside a nimdnsNSP.dll file that can not be uninstalled (this folder appears both in the SSD and HDD).

After installing LabView again (all in the SSD), I noticed that the HDD folder did not only have the "Shared" folder as before, but many different others were created even if I did not extract any file to the HDD.

It has been almost 2 times that I try to uninstall and re-install everything but the problem continues to appear.

What can I do now? 

[Anto_Gior]

Now I am also not able to open Lab View anymore.

[tyk007]

I strongly recommend my original advice to virtualize. 

[Kiwi007]

Hi Anto,

did you install LabVIEW first or Daqmx ? 

What version of LabVIEW are you using?

Can you attach an NI Max report?

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P9mPSAS

do you have a DVD? here is a possible fix: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Driver-or-toolkit-component-missing-daqmx-rc/td-p/1866803