Why does my GUI pop up twice during installation?

[hendra@ngms]

Something appears to have changed, which hopefully means that to correct it, I need to check a box or uncheck a box.  But I can't find what to check or uncheck.

When I create a distribution kit, and then go to install it, the project GUI pops up early in the installation.  It has to be QUIT, it goes away and the installation proceeds.  As the installation completes, the GUI pops up again, and again has to be QUIT.  After that, I'm prompted to restart my computer every time I do an installation.

This has been going on for a while, but prior to that the GUI did not pop up and I was not prompted to restart my computer every time.

What's going on?  What do I need to do to eliminate this?

[Mert_A.]

Hi hendra,

This is almost certainly due to a bug in the installer that was found and corrected since the last release.  See this thread for more details.  Basically, you should avoid running setup.exe from a path that begins with the path to an existing app.  That is, don't run your installer from C:\Foo\Bar Baz\...\setup.exe  if C:\Foo\Bar.exe exists.  If you do, that app will be run twice during installation.

The fix will ship with the next release of CVI, and has already shipped with many drivers in the second half of this year.  I've put a distribution containing the fixed component up on NI's ftp site.  Just go to ftp://ftp.ni.com/outgoing and look for TestMDFSupportDistribution.zip.  Unzip the files, then run setup.exe, and you should be all fixed up.

As for the reboot prompt, this is normal behavior.  If any of the drivers/components included in your distribution require a post-installation reboot, you will see this prompt.  You may also get the prompt for other reasons, such as importing a MAX configuration file as part of your installation.

Let me know if I can help further.

Mert A.
National Instruments