Visual Studio 6.0 installation in Windows 7

Many of the developers might want to install Visual C 6.0 / Visual Basic 6.0 in Windows 7 to maintain their old applications. Now that windows has stopped the support of Win XP and only Windows 7.0 is available, many are facing difficulty in installing VC/VB in Windows 7.

 

I could successfully install VC 6.0 in windows 7 by following the procedure given below.

• This installation shall be made prior to installation of Visual Studio. Net.
• Use Licensed version of Visual Studio 6.0 for the install
• When prompted for the type of installation select "Custom"
• Select only VC++ or VB based on your requirement. Uncheck all other components.
• Continue with the installation.

 

Note: If other components are installed then VC 6.0 / VB 6.0 IDE may not work properly in Windows 7.

Command line options for compiling works fine even if all the components are installed.