Can't uninstall LabVIEW Run-time Engine 2013

[robert.smith]

I have a PC which had both the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine 2013 installed and the LabVIEW 2013 development environment.  I uninstalled the LabVIEW 2013 development environment, and now executables will not run.  They say that the 2013 Run-Time is not installed.  However, the 2013 Run-Time is listed in MAX.  It does not show up in the list of software available to uninstall, so I can't seem to uninstall and reinstall it either.  When I try to run the 2013 Run-Time installer, it says that the Run-Time is already installed.  It appears I'm stuck with a corrupted Run-Time installation?  Is there anyway to completely remove the Run-Time so I can reinstall it properly?

Thanks

[Bob_Schor]

Hmm, that's really odd.  I must admit, I just went looking and could not (reliably) find where the LabVIEW Run Time Engine "lives".  You are certainly right that MAX has a pretty complete list (on my machine, it shows RTEs from 2009, then 2011 through 2016, though I'm pretty sure I've uninstalled 2009, 2010, and 2011 from Control Panel).  I thought, "Well, if MAX sees them, then let's get MAX to uninstall them", but choosing Add/Remove Software just takes you back to Control Panel Programs and Features.

I hope someone from NI is seeing this (or one of our more experienced colleagues) ...

Bob Schor

[mtwar]

Hello,

can you install for example Run-time Engine 2014? or any other version? It may be temporary workaround...

Marcin

[robert.smith]

I could try for debugging purposes, but the executable I need to run needs the 2013 Run-Time.

[altenbach]

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@robert.smith wrote:

I have a PC which had both the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine 2013 installed and the LabVIEW 2013 development environment.  I uninstalled the LabVIEW 2013 development environment, and now executables will not run.  They say that the 2013 Run-Time is not installed.  However, the 2013 Run-Time is listed in MAX.  It does not show up in the list of software available to uninstall, so I can't seem to uninstall and reinstall it either.  When I try to run the 2013 Run-Time installer, it says that the Run-Time is already installed.  It appears I'm stuck with a corrupted Run-Time installation?  Is there anyway to completely remove the Run-Time so I can reinstall it properly?

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What else do you have still installed? (i.e. what else shows up in the "National Instruments Software" tool)

[robert.smith]

Here's screenshots of the NI software available for uninstallation, and the software listed in MAX.  As you can see, the LabVIEW 2013 Run-Time is not in the uninstall list, but it is in MAX.

[RavensFan]

It doesn't seem to show run-time engines for LV 2010 or 2011 either even though they show up in MAX.

But your add/remove programs still shows LabVIEW 2013 32-bit installed.

[robert.smith · Accepted solution]

I figured it out.  I was able to uninstall the run-time engine by following the instructions here: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F4B8D92A304E4A7B862577460072002F