Hi,
I have made so that an older NationalInstruments.common is copied to the application directory during the installation. The newest version goes into GAC by NI merge module.
It has been working in this way since I detect the problem 2016 or something. Some time ago I needed to change the old NationalInstruments.common version one step newer after a DAQmx upgrade.
This is surely not the right solution but works for us.
BR,
Ilkka