Can't start LabVIEW 2017, even after reinstall or Windows Restore-Point revert

[drjdpowell]

Has anyone ever had a problem with LabVIEW crashing on start even after you reinstalled LabVIEW (and tried Windows System Restore to revert to a point before the problem happened)?

I believe there must be some corrupt file somewhere; I've tried manually deleting the compiled-code cache and the LabVIEW INI file but to no effect.  Can anyone think of any other file that LabVIEW might read on startup?

Crossposted on LAVA

[Bob_Schor]

Welcome to the Club.  Personally, I'm waiting for LabVIEW 2017 SP1 to be released before I try to install it on a machine I care about.  [My most recent attempt resulted in Bob Schor's Guaranteed Repair Strategy for LabVIEW Installations:  Step 1 -- reformat C:.  Step 2 -- reinstall the OS.  Step 3 -- reinstall Software.  I now have a working machine again, with LabVIEW 2014 and 2016 (but not 2017 -- I've learned my lesson].

Bob Schor

[drjdpowell · Accepted solution]

Problem fixed by deleting the entire LabVIEW Data directory.   Some file in there that LabVIEW reads on startup must have been corrupted, but I don’t know which one.