When the config directory is changed to anything other than the default
location, a registry entry is created to store this new directory as
follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\National Instruments\TestStand\4.1.1\CfgLocation
When you set the directory back to the default location (using the drop
down button next to the path) this registry entry gets set to the
default location. What I suspect happened is that you already had this
registry entry set on your deployment machine, probably from a previous
installation, and thus when you installed a newer version of your
distribution it was still there and causing teststand to look for the
configuration files at that location. Either that or your installer or some feature of deployment utility is setting this registry entry incorrectly at install time. You should be able to tell if it's a problem with the installer by explicitly removing the CfgLocation registry value and reinstalling and seeing if the problem goes away.
Hope this helps,
-Doug
