Unable to locate nidaqcfg.dll or nimxdfu.dll dll's

[cory]

Hi,

Recently, when booting my computer, I get the following two errors in separate popups:

nimax.exe -  Unable to locate DLL

The dynamic link library nidaqcfg.dll could not be found in the specified path  C:\Program Files\National Instruments\MAX\Experts;....................

nimax.exe -  Unable to locate DLL

The dynamic link library nimxdfu.dll could not be found in the specified path  C:\Program Files\National Instruments\MAX\Experts;....................

Solution?

[Christian Mergl]

Hi,

I think the only way would be to reinstall all your NI software!

Christian

[cory]

Is there a place to get these files and then just try copying them into the directory in which Windows is looking for them?

[Travis G.]

Hello cory,

I would NOT recommend manually copying and pasting these files that seem to be missing.  These files need to be registered in a specific way with your operating system and other National Instruments software components.  The way to solve this problem is by uninstalling and reinstalling using the appropriate NI installer.  In this case, based on the missing file names, I would start by uninstalling and reinstalling the NI-DAQmx driver.  You can find the latest version of the driver on our website here.

I hope this helps,

Travis G.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments
www.ni.com/support