I can't find NIMP when it clearly says that it's already installed.

[Mvlfk]

nothing appears when i try. the reason why i bought up MAX earlier was because i found it in the (x86) folder.

[Oli_Wachno]

If all of those directories show up, but there is no NI software is actually installed, it looks like someone has improperly removed it in the past and you are fighting a bunch of wrong registry keys....

[Mvlfk]

okey. do you think that there is a way to fix it with maybe the use of backup recovery, or? 

[Oli_Wachno]

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@Mvlfk wrote:

okey. do you think that there is a way to fix it with maybe the use of backup recovery, or? 

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If the available backup consist of a properly working installation (before all NI PackageManager attempts) --> probably

[Mvlfk]

never mind. i don't think i have a working installation file

[pvallone · Accepted solution]

Let's try removing and reinstalling NIPM on your machine. Please try the following:

1. From a working machine with NIPM 20.6 installed, zip up the contents of "Program Files/National Instruments/NI Package Manager".

2. Extract those files into a folder on the desktop of the machine with the bad installation of NIPM.

3. Open an admin command prompt window to that folder.

4. Run "NIPackageManager.exe remove ni-package-manager --force-locked --force-essential".

5. Download and run the NIPM installer from here: https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/software-products/download.package-manager.html#322516.