Vi will not open, instead Labview opens a search window for the vi

Question

I have a vi in 7.1 that, while running, locked the PC.  After rebooting, Labview could no longer open the code.  Instead it acts as if searching for a sub-vi it cannot find.....itself.   I've seen similar questions posted from years ago with the rare and only solution from an NI engineer using LabView development utilities.

Answer 1

Hi Freestream
What information were you able to find? Do you receive an error when you try to open this file? You can access the labview error log from  C:\Documents and Settings\(User Name)\Local Settings\Temp for Windows 2000 or XP and C:\users\(User Name)\Documents\LabVIEW Data\lvfailure log for Windows Vista. There is a second log file for the previous time LabVIEW was run LabVIEW_versionsusername_log.txt. Also try opening the VI in a later version of LabVIEW. Let us know if you get a specific error message or .cpp error. Since the VI crashed in the middle of operation its also entirely possible that it has become corrupted and this error will not be reproducible.
Thank You
Eric Reid
National Instruments
Motion R&D