Have LV 7.0 and 7.1.1. When I start LV 7.0 it wants to install it every time.

[BVSmith]

I have both LV 7.0 and 7.1 installed on my system.  Every time I start LV 7.0, it wants to "install" something from the CD.  Of course it doesn't say what it wants, just that the feature I want is on the CD.
If I double-click on a vi this doesn't happen - it starts fine.  It only happens when I start LV 7 from the Start menu or desktop icon.

This doesn't happen with LV 7.1.

[altenbach]

This is not normal behavior. have you tried repairing the LV 7.0 install?

Did you use the default install locations when you installed 7.0 and 7.1?

[BVSmith]

I just figured it out.  The shortcut on the desktop must have been pointing to a strange location.
I can't find out where because the properties dialog for it just showed "LabView" as the target with no path, and it was grayed out so I couldn't change it.  The "Find Target..." and "Change Icon..." buttons were also grayed out.
Why does Microsoft obfuscate things like that?

I deleted the shortcut and made a new one to c:\program files\national instruments\labview 7.0\labview.exe and it works fine now.  The strange thing is that it did start LV 7.0, but it wanted to do some installation every time.