Runtime engine installatiion aborted

[marooner]

HI,

I am trying to install LV runtime engine 7.1 on a user's machine and see the error "Installation aborted, A higher version of this product is already installed". I checked the registry, C:\Program Files and Control Panle --> Add remove programs for any traces of already installed versions but couldn't find any. To the best of my knowledge, I can say that this machine does not have any other versions of LV. I attached a picture with the error messages. I am using windows 2000 and was logged in as administrator, when this problem occured.

My question is does anyone know if the runtime engine installation checks any particular registry settings for information about  previously installed versions and hence does not allow the user to proceed with the installation.

Deepak

[marooner]

Sorry..forgot to attach the pic.

[Jarrod_S.]

The Run-Time Engine installer shouldn't check to see if any previous or future versions have been installed. The reason is that multiple versions of the RTE can be installed on a given computer. This is actually necessary in many cases, since applications built with a certain version of LabVIEW require that version of the RTE to run.

I haven't heard of this specific error occurring. I would recommend downloading the following site and downloading a utility called msiblast.exe. This should detect any hidden installers for NI software on your machine. Remove any that you find. You might also check out this Microsoft knowledge base on the msicuu.exe utility that helps clean up installers. This utility could help clean up configuration settings for any Windows installers as well as registry information that might be left behind.

Let me know if either of these utilities helps out.

[Chaos]

You can install multiple versions of NI drivers but they have to be installed in a particular order.  IE oldest to newest.  Its seems plausible that perhaps they evaluated LabVIEW 8.0 in the recent past which means the LabVIEW RTE 8.0 may be installed.

If you go to Control Panel >> Add Remove Programs you not see individual listings for NI software but if you find the listing for National Instruments and click on the configure button you should be able to remove the driver in question.

If all else fails MSI Blast might be the next best viable solution...

[Trunxx]

Marooner,

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713-676-2588

r.stewart@supreme-electrical.com

[Dennis_Knutson]

duplicate post and a quick check would reveal that marooner hasn't visited the forums in nearly 2 years.

[Trunxx]

Yes I did notice that he has not posted in quite sometime.  I would still hope that he checks in on it once in a while or that he might receive an email when he gets a post to one of his messages as it does for me.

I appreciate your concern though