How do I make a smaller TestStand Engine installer?

[unDees]

The TestStand 2 Engine installer, even after I've used the customization wizard to remove as much as possible, is still over 100 MB! There appears to be no way to remove the LabVIEW 5.1 Runtime (which my I don't need), IVI (which I don't need), etc. It seems a little counter-productive for me to distribute a 15 MB application with 100 MB of support libraries. How can I trim this installation down further? What is the bare minimum I need to run a TestStand-based application, assuming no runtime libraries are needed?

[Ronald_Byrd_(NI)]

You can delete some of the subdirectories under TestStand\Setup\Engine for things you don't need to install. If you won't be using IVI steps, delete the Ivi, Nivisa, and Max directories. If you won't be using LabVIEW, delete the Lvrte directory. This will get the size down to only 38 MB.

[Ronald_Byrd_(NI)]

I forgot to mention that you can also delete dcom95.exe, dcom98.exe, and dcm95cfg.exe if you are only installing on Windows NT, 2000, and XP. Also, if you will not be using any database features, you can delete Mdac_typ.exe. This will further reduce the size to 28 MB (these numbers are for TestStand 2.0.1, it might be more or less for other versions).

[unDees]

Indeed, deleting the unused components from the Setup\Engine folder (while keeping the few I need) cut the size in half! I should add that NI recommends backing up the Engine folder before performing this deletion.

Thanks!

[Darin]

Can you change what LV and CVI runtime versions are included in the TS engine installer? For example, what if I don't want the LV 5.1 RTE, but instead I want to distribute the LV 6.1 RTE...?