Resolved: GUIExecutableFullPath error prevents installing NI VISA v 21.0 on W10 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 03:25:33 pm
content: I had problems with EasyPower (and several other apps) which in the end led to trying a complete reinstall of NI Visa.However that failed!NI Package Manager complains:"An error occurred when launching the following required file:'GUIExecutableFullPath'. The installer might be corrupted. Try redownloading the installer or using a new media distribution."I've tried both, to no avail. The same error occurs again (and again and again).I've tried asking around on NI's forums and in their support web sites, but the only advice given was to wipe my disks and reinstall EVERYTHING, followed by comments that it wouldn't help.What can I really do? Has anybody else encountered this and managed to work around it?Solution:The original problem with installing NI VISA v19 and later has been solved, at least to some extent: you start by running wmic from the run search, as administrator.In the command tool that comes up you do"get Name,LocalPackage".That produces a loong list of .msi files.Find all the entries that pertain to NI Package Manager, and for those files you then do, as administrator and in a command tool,msiexec.exe /x "filename".msi /qbwhich will remove those files.There will likely be three or four such items.After that you can download e g nsi-visa_21.0_online.exe and run it successfully.

author: Gribo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 04:36:10 pm
content: Are you sure it is 21.3? The download page only goes to 21.0

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 05:19:49 pm
content: You're right, typing error.

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 05:32:17 pm
content: I tried some older versions, and 20.0 and 19.5 show the same behaviour.I e I think the problem seems likely to be some leftover change or some excessive cleanup on uninstall of anolder version.

author: alm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 05:35:45 pm
content: I have no specific advice, but faced with a problem like this I would installMicrosoft Process Monitorand monitor file and registry activity, then start the setup until you reach the error. Then filter down to only the install process(es), and look for what might be a file not found or registry not found error.

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 09:24:16 pm
content: My main interest was to get scpi control, PyVisa and the siglent Easy... tools working.I got that working by installing 18.5, which uses a very different install process.I tried to install ni-visa_online v21.0 again after getting 18.5 running, but the error remained.I may try the process monitor suggestion, but v 21.0 is not necessary for me, so it may have to wait a while.P. S. I am not terribly impressed by the install fail reporting by the online install app. I feel the error report could have contained further clues to how the path name should have looked and/or what part of what was expected to deliver or keep that info and from where the actual resource was supposed to originate.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 09:28:55 pm
content: If it's of any assistance the Easy* tools just require the NIVISA Runtime package for the connectivity drivers.It's a lot smaller package than NIVISA and mostly with the Easy* tools packages each has an SCPI window to use commands in.

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2022, 04:23:48 pm
content: My problem actually meant that NIVISA v19.0 or later couldn't be installed at all.However, I had no problem installing v18.5, which uses a different install method.Anyway, the original problem with installing NI VISA v19 and later has been solved, at least to some extent: you start by running wmic from the run search, as administrator.In the command tool that comes up you do "get Name,LocalPackage".That produces a loong list of .msi files.Find all the entries that pertain to NI Package Manager, and for those files you then do, as administrator and in a command tool,msiexec.exe /x "filename".msi /qbwhich will remove those files.There will likely be three or four such items.After that you can download e g nsi-visa_21.0_online.exe and run it successfully.

author: Gribo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2022, 07:27:09 pm
content: I usually use their offline installers - yes it is a multi gigabyte download, but I can install it whenever I want, without connectivity.

author: n3mmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2022, 08:04:15 am
content: The offline installers for v19.0 and up had the exact same problem.