Uninstalling NI Labview Run-Time Engine 7.1.1

[AustinF]

I'm trying to uninstall NI Labview Run-Time Engine 7.1.1 but keep running into an issue where the uninstall wizard won't let me uninstall and throws an error. I've attached pictures of the uninstall wizard and the errors to this post. I've tried repairing and reinstalling the Run-Time engine but nothing seems to make these errors go away. Does anyone have advice on how to fix this issue?

[bseguin]

little question... are you admin?

Since you are using only the run-time engine, you can delete the folder NI and clean all registry input with National instruments. (crazy work...)

Benoit

[AustinF]

Hi Benoit,

I am admin on the computer I'm working on. Do you know where in the registry I will need to clean?

[altenbach]

After you delete the NI folder, you could just run e.g. the free CCleaner to remove all orphan entries from the registry.

[AustinF]

I'll give that a shot, thanks for the advice.

[altenbach]

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@k-waris wrote: 
Apparently Microsoft employees use it to maintain their PC! I personally haven't found a better tool yet! Its just beautiful! lol

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Linking to questionable software (free to detect problems, pay to fix them) with  dubious quotes (I doubt MS employees are free to install stuff like that on their work computer unless it is an airgapped, quarantined system) and an abundance of exclamation marks could be considered spam.

This thread is about a very specific uninstall problem, not "PC maintenance" (whatever that buzzterm even means). Just MHO.

[JÞB]

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@altenbach wrote:

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@k-waris wrote: 
Apparently Microsoft employees use it to maintain their PC! I personally haven't found a better tool yet! Its just beautiful! lol

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Linking to questionable software (free to detect problems, pay to fix them) with  dubious quotes (I doubt MS employees are free to install stuff like that on their work computer unless it is an airgapped, quarantined system) and an abundance of exclamation marks could be considered spam.

This thread is about a very specific uninstall problem, not "PC maintenance" (whatever that buzzterm even means). Just MHO.

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I don't know why you didn't mark as spam immitiatly like I did before noticing your reply.

[altenbach]

Because this was from a lontime user with clean posts in the past. Not some random new user.

[JÞB]

Well, maybe it will get unblocked after review.