LabVIEW 8.2 -- "unable to locate LabView run-time" error message

[Michael Bates]

I am trying to run a LabVIEW version 8 exe file and keep getting the "Unable to locate" error. I downloaded LabVIEW_8.2_Runtime_Engine.exe from the NI website and installed the entire contents of the distribution. After getting the error, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, with the same result.

Is there some way I can troubleshoot this? Is there a configuration file or a registry entry I can check to see where LabVIEW is looking for the run-time?

[Dennis_Knutson]

You built the application with 8.0 or 8.2? The version of the rte must match the version you developed in. You say it's 'a LabVIEW version 8 exe', so download the 8.0 rte.

[SimonH]

Michael,

As Dennis said you need to make sure the version of the Runtime Engine matches the version of LabVIEW the executable was created with.

You can find different versions of the Runtime Engine on our webpage here.

Regards,

Simon H
Applications Engineer
National Instruments