Shared Variable Deployment Error

[chris774]

I need to use Shared Variables in my code and when I try to run the code I get the following error. 

Deploying My Computer
Deploying Ventilation Library.lvlib\\169.254.192.23\Ventilation Library deployment failed (error: -2147220712, MAX: (Hex 0x80040318) Internal error: The client has failed to connect to the configuration server, possibly because the server is too busy or has run into a communication error. Please note the steps you performed that led to this error and contact technical support.).
Deployment completed with errors

The code was working with the shared variables yesterday but it wont deploy today and I cannot think of any changes I made to do this. I have tried running the code on my cRIO and on the PC. I have used 2015 amd 2014 and I get the same error on all. 

Any help with this problem would be great.

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

What is the IP address 169.254.192.23? It looks like an auto-negotiated peer-to-peer (e.g. crossover) connection IP or is the IP address of your computer on the network?

Is the library with the shared variables located under 'My Computer'? If you right-click 'my computer' in the project - what does it show there? Does the IP address look correct?

If you tick the 'specify custom address' and put in 127.0.0.1 (the loopback IP address), does it work?

I would also look in Windows Services and check that the Shared Variable service (and any other NI services it requires) are running.