Labview installation error missing DLLs

[dans]

Hi,

I have installed Labview onto a PC and receive the following message when the PC starts now:

NIDEVMON.EXE

"This application has failed to start because NIPALU.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

I get this message 3 times when i start Labview:

"This application has failed to start because LKDYNAM.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

I have reinstalled several times now. With the same result each time. For some reason the National Instruments s/w no longer appears in the Add/Remove programs file. I have been removing Labview using the CD to remove all components but I am not sure if this gives a 'fresh' base to install on.

Any suggestions?

Message Edited by dans on 09-18-2007 10:10 AM

[smercurio_fc]

NIDEVMON.exe is NI Device Monitor, and it's part of NI-DAQ. Installation of that would be from the Device Drivers CD, not from the LabVIEW CD. When you performed the installation did you select NI-DAQ? Do you need NI-DAQ? Also, do you have administrative privileges?

[dans]

hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes I am going to be using NI DAQ. I did select to install it during installation and it looks like it has installed.

I do have full admin permissions on the PC.

Cheers,

Dan

[JamesC]

Hi Dan,

If you still have a problem with this issue, please can you uninstall all NI software from add/remove programs, and then delete the National Instruments directory in progam files and this directory "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\National Instruments"
Now please copy the contents of the CDs you are trying to install and run the installers from directly from the harddrives, this takes the CD drive out of the equeation incase there is a problem with the CDs or the drive.

Regards
JamesC
NIUK and Ireland

[dans]

Hi,

I have resolved my issue now. I couldn't use Add/Remove but did use the MIBLAST app and another microsoft app to crowbar NI s/w off my machine.

By installing one piece of NI s/w at a time managed to get everything working. I did the DAQ stuff last, and the installer crashed on me again when asked to change CDs. But by restarting and going to Add/Remove and doing a Repair on the DAQ installation, I got it all running.

2nd time I have had problems with NI installation CDs like this.

Cheers,

Dan