Labview runtime engine 2014 and window 10

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Is there any way how to make runtime engine 2014 version work in window 10 environment?
I know 2014 version does not support win 10. But I must use it.

I have to test an evaluation board and the installer of  GUI application for this board require runtime engine 2014 version.
I have installed 2014 version, first.
But GUI app installer sent pop up message 'runtime engine 2014 is needed'.
The other versions(after 2014) of rumtime engine installed are not recognized by GUI app installer,
I got same pop up message '2014 is needed'.

How can I use runtime engine 2014 version or GUI app of board?

[dkfire · Accepted solution]

And you are installed the correct bit version of the runtime engine? 

Best guest is that you need to install the 32-bit version. 

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Thanks for your comment.
I checked my computer OS and bit version, win10 64-bit.
According to the OS version, I installed runtime engine for 64 bit.
Considering your comment, what's the next step or checking point needed.

[Yamaeda · Accepted solution]

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@ads85 wrote:

Thanks for your comment.
I checked my computer OS and bit version, win10 64-bit.
According to the OS version, I installed runtime engine for 64 bit.
Considering your comment, what's the next step or checking point needed.

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32 and 64 bits are different, just install the 32 bit runtime and it should work. The bitness must match the LV bitness that made the program, not your OS's.

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

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@Yamaeda wrote:

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@ads85 wrote:

Thanks for your comment.
I checked my computer OS and bit version, win10 64-bit.
According to the OS version, I installed runtime engine for 64 bit.
Considering your comment, what's the next step or checking point needed.

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32 and 64 bits are different, just install the 32 bit runtime and it should work. The bitness must match the LV bitness that made the program, not your OS's.

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The most creasiest way of the "quick bittness check" I've ever seen is to simply open the executable in the default Windows Notepad (I'm serious), then check the first printable characters after the first occurrence of 'PE':

32-bit:

PE  L

 64-bit:

PE  d†

This is how it looks in reality:

(from StackExchange)
or use dumpbin /headers if you have SDK installed.

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Thank you so much. I installed the 32-bit runtime engine and it works.

Have a good day. Yamaeda, dkfire and  Andrey Dmitriev.

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LabVIEW 2014 and windows 10

According to the official compatibility documentation from NI, Windows 8.1 is the last OS that officially supports LabVIEW 2014. However, it’s not uncommon for older software to function on newer operating systems due to Windows 10’s strong backward compatibility features.
 
While it’s great that LabVIEW 2014 is working fine on your system, please be aware that this setup isn’t officially supported by NI. This means that while it may work now, future updates to Windows 10 or changes to your system configuration could potentially introduce compatibility issues.