Teststand Offline Results Processing Utility Launch on Startup

Updated Oct 28, 2024

Reported In

Software

  • TestStand

Operating System

  • Windows

Issue Details

I would like that the Teststand Offline Results Processing Utility launch on startup. I enabled "Launch on startup" from utility settings (see below figure), but nothing happened. How can I set it up, so that is launch on startup?

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Solution

The problem is that the wrong application name is registered. For this reason, the following steps should be taken:

1. Launch the Registry Editor application 

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2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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3. Modify the string "Offline Processing Utility" by double-clicking on it

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4. Change the path to (without quotes) "C:\Program Files\National Instruments\TestStand 20xx\Components\Tools\Offline Results Processing Utility\x64\OfflineResultsProcessingUtility.exe"

The following steps are required for the 32-bit version:

1. Launch the Registry Editor application
2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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3. Modify the string "Offline Processing Utility" by double-clicking on it
4. Change the path to (without quotes) - "C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\TestStand 20xx\Components\Tools\Offline Results Processing Utility\Win32\OfflineProcessingUtility.exe".
 
 

Additional Information

If in the Registry Editor, you won't see the string "Offline Processing Utility", please perform the following:

1. Placing the shortcut for the Offline Results Processing Utility in the Windows Startup folder, as shown in the figure below:

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If the aforementioned doesn't help you, try by this way:

2. Please create String value by yourself. For this, you need to do these steps:
2.1. Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for 64 bit or to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for 32 bit.
2.2 Then click the right button of the mouse and choose New then String Value.

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2.3 In the name field, put (without quotes) "Offline Processing Utility" and in the Value data field, enter the path specified in step 4.
 

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