remove labview 2009 without using add/remove program

[KitChongYue]

Hi all,

I have problem with removing LabVIEW 2009.

I have deleted some folders in C drive, NI folder.

Now I can't run my LabVIEW 2009 and it doesn't show up in my add/remove program list.

I tried to delete all folder and files in C drive under NI folder, but error message pop out shows that I do not have the authority to do so.

So, how can I remove it completely ?

I intended to reinstall LabVIEW 2009 after I have removed it completely.

Appreciate your help very much.

[SteveChandler]

Just try to reinstall it. You may not have to completely remove the NI folder.

[KitChongYue]

in fact I would like to remove it completely to run "labview exe" file...

Now my run time engine doesn't work...due to these remaning files...

[SteveChandler · Accepted solution]

That is why I say try to reinstall LabVIEW. It might just do a repair of your installation. Then you can use add/remove programs to completely uninstall it.

But when you completely uninstall it there will be NI folders remaining. These are things like user.lib.

Have you tried to reinstall the runtime engine?

One last thing. I don't know how you got your install so messed up but remember that if you build an installer you should not install that onto a system with the development environment. There are so many things that can go wrong.