Error -350008 The CLI Failed to Launch LabVIEW

Updated Nov 22, 2023

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Software

  • NI LabVIEW Command Line Interface

Issue Details

Why I am getting an error when trying to execute LabVIEW CLI from the command prompt and getting Error code : -350008 as shown in the example below:

When executes LabVIEW, the user gets the following error even though I using a licensed version of LabVIEW:
Error code : -350008
Error message : LabVIEW CLI: (Hex 0xFFFAA8C8) The CLI failed to launch LabVIEW. Check that you are using a licensed version of LabVIEW.
An error occurred while running the LabVIEW CLI.

This error is shown in the following dialog box.
A computer screen with white text Description automatically generated

Solution

To solve this issue you may need go to the path below and search for the LabVIEWCLI ini file (Configuration file):
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\LabVIEW CLI
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Then, open the configuration setting file and search for the field ValidateLabVIEWLicense. Change the value to False.
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Once done changed the field ValidateLabVIEWLicense, you may need to restart the system and try to execute LabVIEW CLI again, suppose this will solve the issue.

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