Installing the 64-bit Cognex Drivers Manually

If you did not launch the drivers installer after installing CVL 8.0, or if you later add hardware, you will need to run the driver installer manually. To do this, double click on the file setup.exe in the drivers subfolder of your CVL release installer.

Running the Cognex Drivers installer will cause one of the following to happen:

If an older set of drivers is installed a display asks you to uninstall them. Uninstall the drivers and try again. (Also, see Uninstalling the 32-bit Cognex Drivers in the next section).
If the installer detects that the driver version you are now installing is already installed, the InstallShield Wizard displays a screen with the choices Modify, Repair and Remove. Follow the on-screen instructions. Also, see the following paragraphs for more about these options.

If you know that the drivers are currently installed and you wish to only make some driver changes or reinstall drivers, you do not need to uninstall the drivers. In this case go to the Programs and Features control panel, select Cognex Drivers, and click on Change. The installer starts and leads to a screen with the choices Modify, Repair and Remove. Repair causes the previously installed driver set to be reinstalled. This is most often used if you suspect a driver problem and want to reinstall the drivers. The Repair option proceeds with no intervention since there are no choices to make.

Remove will uninstall all of the Cognex drivers.