Failed to uninstall and re-install any software from NI Developer Suite

[MJ]

I have noticed that some DLL's are missing when some NI device driver tried to load themselves at startup.  When I tried to uninstall any software from NI Developer Suite, I will get multiple of Error 2705 and 1603 boxes and no NI software can be uninstalled from my computer.

When I tried to re-install NI Developer Suite (using Fourth Quarter 2008 distribution DVD for LabVIEW 8.6), I will get a message "TARGETDIR is undefined, the Directory table seems malformed. Aborting...".  Nothing from NI Developer Suite can be re-installed on my computer.

I tried the tricks that others have posted in the Knowledge Base related to the Targetdir issue, creating a new admin account to run the installer, creating a new Documents folder, etc.  None has helped.

Is there a way that I can manually remove all NI software and then re-install them?

Thanks for your help.

[muks]

I guess you dont have administrative rights to perform the operation. Confirm whether you see the same trouble if you are logged in as an administrator.

[muks]

Non english operating system?

[MJ]

Thanks for the reply, I did log in as an administrator and it is an English operating system.

[iZACHdx]

What operating system are you using?

-Zach

[MJ]

The operating system I am using is MS Windows XP Professional Version 2002 with Sevice Pack 2.  My computer is Lenovo ThinkPad W500 with Intel Centrino 2 vPro processor, 2.53GHz, 1.98 GB RAM.

[Wayne.C]

MJ,

In the past I have used a utility called MSI Blast to remove NI software.  Here is link to the app and the instructions. 

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=250&message.id=34373&requireLogin=False

[iZACHdx]

As the previous poster said, MSIBlast is an option altough I do not normally like to recommend it - but it is normally very effective. Are you going through Control Panel and Add/Remove programs when trying to uninstall? Also, can you post a screenshot of the error?

-Zach

Message Edited by iZACHdx on 01-06-2010 02:51 PM

[MJ]

I did use the Add/Remove programs from Control Panel when I tried to uninstall the NI programs.  And I got Internal Error 2705, Directory (see below).  After clicking OK, I then get Installer Error 1603.

I would like to try MSIBlast as I am running out of options.

[MJ]

I got the same errors (2705 and 1603) when I tried to uninstall the NI programs from MSIBlast.  Non of the NI programs can be uninstalled nor repaired from MSIBlast.  Should I proceed with rest of the manual uninstallation steps as specified in the MSIBlast help file?  What if I still cannot re-install the NI programs after my manual unstallation?  I could lose the other half of my working system.