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installing Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7

Anonymous
2010-01-30T01:10:41+00:00

I have a problem instaling Visual studio 6 on my Windows 7.

i am getting a "known compatibiltiy issue" message..

Can someone help me?

Thanks,

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-01-30T17:46:34+00:00

    Hi,

    the program is too old. Use the XPMode to install and run this old Visual Studio version.

    André

    "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-01-30T03:37:15+00:00

    Check the requirements here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788708.aspx

    Frenchie

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-23T12:58:19+00:00

    It may be too old to start new projects on, but some of us have to maintain legacy applications.

    Check this link to install VB6 on Windows 7.  This works with 32-bit and 64-bit:

    http://www.fortypoundhead.com/showcontent.asp?artid=20502

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-26T11:12:05+00:00

    Hi, 

    this seems to work and it's very easy 

    Installing Visual Basic 6

    • Create an empty file called "MSJAVA.DLL" in C:\Windows\

    • Copy the Visual Studio 6 CD1 in a folder on your PC

    • Open the folder, enter the "Setup" subfolder and look for a filewith extension "*.stf" (the exact file name changes depending on the edition of Visual Studio 6 you are installing, such as the Professional version is "vs98pro . stf "or" vb98pro.stf "for the Enterprise version is" vs98ent.stf "or" vb98ent.stf "etc ...), once you find the file, make two copies in the same folder and rename a copy "acmsetup.stf" and the other "acost.exe"

    • Copy the entire contents of the "Setup" folder (the one mentioned in the preceding paragraph) in the parent folder, the one that contains the acmboot.exe, overwriting all files, if any

    • Run (as administrator on Vista and Windows 7) the program "ACMSETUP.EXE" and continue with the standard setup

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-06T21:17:32+00:00

    I installed Visual Studio 6 Professional on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit and it is working perfectly.

    There are several things to remember:

    1. don't use the installation wizard. use the "setup.exe" and right click it and run it as administrator to start the installation.
    2. the service packs are cumulative & that means the latest service pack has all the fixes of the previous ones combined. sp4, sp5 wouldn't install because of the "mdac 2.5 thingy" but sp6 went on without a problem. remember to use the right click context menu and run the sp6 service pack installer.exe as an administrator for the installation or it won't work.
    3. once the program is installed go into the installed Visual Studio 6 folders in the root (C:) directory & migrate shortcuts to the visual basic 6.exe, visual c++.exe, visual studio 6.exe, etc. to your desktop and use the right click and "run as an administrator" methodology on the shortcuts  to start whatever Visual Studio 6 domain you wish to work with.
    4. in short run all installer.exes and startup.exes as an administrator using the right click context menu or Windows 7 will block these programs from accessing the Windows 7 registry.
    5. running programs in Windows 7 is all about permissions & some programs like Visual Studio 6 Professional need to be installed and run as system administrators.

    Works for me !!

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