multisim windows vista

[yetti]

Hi,

I have upgraded to Multisim 10.0.1 and as I read, it supposedly runs under windows vista, but it crashes every time it tries to load the LVInstrument plugin. Does anyone have a solution for this?

This is what Windows Event Viewer Reports:
Faulting application multisim.exe, version 10.0.343.0, time stamp 0x466ddaff, faulting module Secur32.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bdd2, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x000021f4, process id 0x1490, application start time 0x01c7bce9e5b0f6aa.

Thanks for your time,

John Carmichael

[nestor-sg]

John,

Is there anything particular about your operating system?... special language settings?... previous installation of LV or the LV run-time engine?...

You can delete the "lvinstruments" folder located inside the installation directory of the Circuit Design Suite. Make a backup copy of it and move it somewhere else. Try reloading Multisim, it should load fine now. Althouth this takes the LV instruments away from the Multisim GUI.

This is from the readme: LabVIEW functionality (LabVIEW instruments and grapher interpolation) will not work if the installation path uses characters that are not native to the "Language for non-Unicode programs" setting, available by selecting Start»Control Panel»Regional and Language Options and selecting the Advanced tab. LabVIEW functionality works for Unicode characters that are native to this setting.

Check please if that applies to your OS.

[yetti]

Nestor,

I tried removing the LVInstruments folder, and all that happens is that the Installer pops up and starts reinstalling the folder. I checked my Unicode settings and they were in Spanish, so I switched them to english, still no luck. My OS is Windows Vista Home Basic, 32 bit and its in Spanish, as I live in Guatemala.

Any more help would be greatly appreciated!

John

[nestor-sg]

Ok, there are two things we can try... if you don't really care for the LV instruments, do the first one... if you do care for them then try the second one... we are trying to identify if this has to do with a Spanish version of Vista, we officially support English, German and Japanese, so at least we know that it works fine with special non-English characters. It seems to be related to the installation path and registries.

Anyways,

1. Replace the folder that you deleted previously (on my previous post), and inside that folder, look for the file called "LVInstrIF821.dll" (make a backup copy of it), right-click and select Open With..., select Notepad, then delete the first 2 lines... then save and exit. Try reloading Multisim.

2. Uninstall Multisim, check that you have your unicode settings as English... Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language Settings >> Administrative tab, then the first section is where you can change the unicode setting. Then reinstall Multisim and give it a try.

[GarretF]

Hi John:

One more piece of information would be helpful to try and reproduce the problem you have encountered. During installation, did you change any of the installation paths from the default?

Garret

[yetti]

Nestor,

I had already tried changing the Regional and Language setting to English, and reinstalled it, with no luck.

I just tried removing the first two lines from the dll and it helped, but now it crashes when loading the netan plugin. I don't know if I can do the same for that plugin, as I dont know what it is.

Garret,

I left the default installation path, no changes.


Thanks to both of you for your help, it is very much appreciated!

John

[GarretF]

Hi John:

Thanks for the repsonse.

With regard randomly editing additional DLLs, you should NOT edit any additional ones. The DLL Nestor mentioned is a very special case. Doing the same thing for additional plugins will not work.

I'm also wondering, do you have any other National Instruments software installed on your computer?

Garret

[yetti]

Hi,

Ok, I wont modify any more DLL's! I have LabView 8.0 also installed, and runs perfectly.

John

[Junt]

I have similar problem like yours regarding the LVNInstruments, I followed Tien Pham suggestions to deleted the 3 top lines of LVNIstruments file and run the multisim 10.0.1,but the error is different this time. It stop at command initalization of 93% and a pop up window shows" Circuit Design Suite 10.0.1 has stopped working, Window is checking for the solution to the problem".  I don't know what it means of this 93%, this must be a bad program error in the Multisim programs? My operating system is Window Vista Premium version. Let me know if you have luck.

Jun

[simplesolutions]

I had the same problem. Tried the dll thing, but get stuck at 93% commands so I had an idea. Uninstall NI Circuit design 10.0.1 and create a new administrator on your PC. Then install it from there. Restart. Log in your new adminstrator account and run the program and it should work. Though the only problem is: it still doesn't work in the main adminstrator account.