LabVIEW Installer Takes Over an Hour to Complete – What Could Be Wrong?

[odw]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently using LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit) and I've been distributing my application by creating an installer that includes the built executable.

The problem is: users are reporting that the installation process takes at least 1 hour, and sometimes up to 2 hours to complete.
This seems extremely excessive, especially considering that the executable itself is relatively small in size.

I suspect something might be misconfigured, but I'm not sure where to start debugging this.
Here's a screenshot of the additional installers I'm including during the build process 

 

1.NI LABVIEW RUNTIME 2023Q1

2.NI-488.2 RUNTIME 22.8

3.NI-SERIAL RUNTIME 23.3

4.NI-VISA RUNTIME 23.3

Has anyone else run into this kind of delay?
Any advice or tips on how to reduce the installation time would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Edited June 9, 2025 by odw

[Gribo]

All those packages are quite large - even with a fast computer it takes time.

[LogMAN]

Also make sure you don't have thousands of files in the installation directory - it slows down the verification process at the end of an installation.