Why does LabView keep crashing?

[EAims]

You're going to have to be a bit more specific.

What version do you have installed?  What task/s are you trying to run?  If you can't even open a new VI are you sure you have all the right software/drivers installed?

Need more info please!

[MatthewS]

I have 8.5.1, 8.6.1 and 2009 installed on my computer. I haven't used 2009 yet, but the other versions will crash while I'm developing a program. No rhyme or reason to it.

[EAims]

That's still pretty vague.  Are you getting any error codes?

One thought, if you have all three installed on your computer you should first try 2009.  If that does not work and you are not getting any error codes then maybe you need more memory in your computer.

[MatthewS]

No error codes. I use cntr-alt-del and end the task because labview is not responding. When I start labview again, it will usually recover but not always. I have 2 gig of RAM. I would think that should be enough.

[EAims]

Well since you have 2009 on your computer I would give that a try first.  If that does not work then I would uninstall all of them and just reinstall whichever you are most comfortable with (just one of them, not all 3).

[MatthewS]

That is not practical for me. I use each version for different applications. If I have to keep installing and uninstalling versions of labview it will take too much time.

[EAims]

Like I said initially, details are helpful.

Is it possible to use your different applications on just one version?

Since when has this been happening?  Did it start around when you installed 2009?  Maybe just uninstalling 2009 would fix it.

How long are you letting LabView run before you hit ctrl+alt+del?  Because if it is loading and it is just taking longer then you are used to then it might just be computer performance.  I know there is another thread talking about this as well.

[MatthewS]

I don't know if later versions of labview will 100% work with my old applications. When I am developing a program, labview will either hang or just shut down. When it hangs I will wait several minutes before pressing cntl-alt-del. I have been having problems with labview since I first starting using it (about 2 1/2 years). I have uninstalled and reinstalled and continue to have the same problems.

[cancancanopen]

I am also used to this type of situation, Labview (8.5.1) used to get crashed when i was doing some coding . I would say a bad way of programming was one of the problem.

Everytime when i used to click on the broken run arrow labview used to get crashed.

I uninstalled twice but the problem still persist, the same LV installed in another computer but i never faced that kind of problem, Labview crashed whenever i load or modify that program,.

So i would say error may be from the program also which doesnt allow or load required libraries when required resulting in a crash.