Chris,
Are you using any Express VIs by chance? This is a behavior that will show up with Express VIs. If you are not using any express VIs, I am not sure -- I have not seen that behavior before with normal VIs. If you can reproduce this behavior with a very simple project you could post it and I could take a look.
Doug M
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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