LabVIEW VI Is Corrupted

Updated Mar 31, 2025

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Software

  • LabVIEW

Issue Details

  • When working on my project on my development computer my project works fine, but when I open it on another computer, my project contains a corrupted VI, regardless of the LabVIEW version.
  • When I open a VI, the wires are connected incorrectly and are off screen. 
  • When I try to open a VI, the front panel/block diagram is blank. 

Solution

If your VI is corrupted, there are a few troubleshooting steps you can take:

  • Try the function "Clean Up Diagram" on the toolbar of the VI. It will reorganize all your wires on your diagram so it could fix your solution. There is an explanation of this tool on the article Automatically Clean Up LabVIEW Block Diagrams.
  • You can also create a new VI in your project that will take the place of your corrupted VI's functionality. You can select all the code in the block diagram and paste it in a new VI to replace the original VI. If the problem is still there, the problem is a code issue and not due to VI corruption.
  • If corruption only happens on VI after you copy it from the development computer to the deployment computer, try to compress the VI into a zip file before moving it.
  • If you have a backup of the project/VI, recover the back up.
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