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Installing and running Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 On Windows 7/Windows 8 [x32-x64 : 32bit-64bit] with all features!
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Hello Friends,recently i had to do some college Project in Microsoft Visual basic 6.0 + Oracle SQL Connectivity, but
the hell Microsoft Visual Studio wasnt simply installing on my Lappy, so after a few hit and misses at the goal, i
have found the Foolproof Method for installing Microsoft Visual Studio on your Windows 7 and Windows 8,Windows
8.1 installations that too on both the 32 bit and x64:64-bit releases of Windows 7 and Windows 8 There are a lot
many reasons which are responsible for installation of Visual Studio/visual basic 6, prominent of which are
Compatibility Issues
Microsoft Java Machine issues
Installer/Setup run-time issues
and some problems which ares pecific like unable to use visual Basic components such as
ADODC,OLEDB,ADODB,RDO Connection problems etc
Lets solve each of them one by one in Detail.. but before that , there are some prerequisites which we must
implement so as our setup will be much smoother Prerequisites
During visual studio 6 Installation, it may ask you to install Microsoft Virtual Machine For Java,etc..and it may restart
your computer continuously..so as a fix, simply Download the Following Ms-Java.bat file,and simply right click on
it,and Run it as administrator,it will ask you for a confirmation,please select yes,it will open a box,and close
thats it!
Now,The visual Basic 6 Setup wont prompt you to install virtual machine for Java,thus removing a hurdle!
Click here to Download Ms-Java.bat file for bypassing Microsoft Virtual Machine For Java..
Now lets look at the Setup! The link to torrent file of vb6 setup if you do not have it is here..>
The First Problem which we encounter during setup is compatibility issues

This Problem can be solved by running the setup.exe of the visual basic 6 setup,by right click and selecting Run
as Administrator option..
it may show a dialog box like this >

fortunately,this Problem will Be Solved by simply clicking the Run Program and the Setup Started..

, as you are running the setup,its

possible that setup might become too very slow on places such as searching for installed components , finishing installation etc..dont
worry its,totally normal! just wait for the setup interface to come up
Now you may simply Enter Serial Number,and Follow Next,Next Method of Installation and install Microsoft Visual Basic/Miscroft Visual
Studio on your computer..BUT!! if you follow this Method your Installation of Visual Studio will work,but on 64-bit (x-64) OS,Windows 7
64 bit,Windows 64-bit when you try to use Visual Basic components such as Data Grid,Active X controls,ADODC Connections,ADODB
Connections for VB-SQL Connectivity it will give error..

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The errors vary to a wide range depending upon the components selected and will be something as failure to initialize provider,error
420,error 482,as well as the printer errors blah blah blah
So, in order to Make Visual Basic- Oracle SQL Connectivity we must do the following steps..
Please Make sure while installation/setup your Visual Basic installation directory is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
6\common\ or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 6\ and NOTC:\Program Fiiles (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 6\common\ or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 6\common\
Steps for Visual Basic Oracle SQL Connectivity on Visual Basic 6 For 64 bit OS..!
The (x86) suffix at the end of Program files is responsible for the failure of various visual basic components such as data
grid,ADODB,ADODC,OLEDB,Active-X,RDO,Printer Connectivity,windows common controls etc..

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you can check this figure> if it isnt you may change the installation directory by clicking Change Folder or Change Directory as shown in
the figure >

Thus,we can make it Function Properly By Installing it to Default Program Files Folder..And All the Data bound controls,standard
controls,added components to VB such as ADODB,OLEDB,Data bound grid control etc properly,Windows Controls,MAPI
Controls Properly..!
Also if you already installed Visual Basic To Program Files (x86) just dont uninstall Please.. simply Perform the Following steps
Copy the Complete Microsoft Visual Studio Directory From c:\Program Files (x86)\ to C:\Program Files\
Now Go,to the Folder C:\Program Files\VB98\ andtry to run VB6.exe , it will give error as Failed to register extension and blah blah
Now simply run the VB6.exe from the non-x86 folder in Run as Administrator mode,. and voila!! Visual Basic Will Start Working,and all
the Default Connectivity,Data Components which can be added from tools->components menu such as ADODB etc will start working!! thus
, the VB-SQL Connectivity too will start Working!!

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If you Encounter Sluggishness in IDE do the Following Steps

1. Using Windows Explorer, browse the location where you installed VB6. By default, the path is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98
2. Right click the VB6.exe program file, and select properties from the context menu.
3. Click on compatibility tab
4. Check the following check boxes: For Windows 7:
Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
Disable Visual Themes
Disable Desktop Composition
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
For Windows 8
Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
Reduced Color Mode (16-Bit Color)
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
5. After saving open up VB6, It should work normally
Thats all! a quite-lengthy tutorial indeed!

But Totally Working! if any Doubts/Problems Just drop a Comment below

thanks!

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24 thoughts on Installing and running Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 On Windows 7/Windows 8 [x32-x64 : 32bit-64bit] with all features!

Piyush Puranik Instead of downloading msjava.bat, an easier solution to avoid installing MS Java altogether is simply creating an
October 22, 2013

empty dll called msjava.dll and placing it in C:\Windows\ . I have personally tested this and can confirm it works. To
create and empty dll, simply open a notepad windows and save it as msjava.dll.

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copyitright @ Piyush Puranik: The .bat does exactly the same thing, but does it for both files with one double-click
June 13, 2014

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Chaitanya

Post author

Yes, agreed

June 18, 2014

Reply

Danny Lauwers Our old VB6 program compiles and runs, but all bound controls are just empty ? The data is retrieved from the
June 17, 2014

database, but is not loaded into the controls.

Any Idea on how to fix that ?

Reply

TheblackJoker

I was haved thath problem, and only need to install vb6 on the computer, again, and the problem fixed

September 18, 2014

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Chaitanya

Post author

June 18, 2014

Try installing it in the directory c:\Program Files\ and not c:\program files (x86)\ and run the vb6 IDE as
administrator, that solved the problem for me

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Annisa Lestari i have following your path already but still, i cant add my componen, ADODC,boundgrid, etc.. it says error and not
June 29, 2014

registery. what should i do ?

hiks help

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Chaitanya

Post author

July 1, 2014

@Annisa , Please try running the app as Administrator, or else we can provide you support on teamviewer if
required, Thank you!

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Gevevon

thank you for the given instructions..

July 22, 2014

i really appreciate it..

Chaitanya

Post author

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Youre welcome Gevevon , glad they helped you

July 22, 2014

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ninad

i installed VB6 in win 7 64 bit. and transfered the folder from c:\Program Files\ and not c:\program files (x86)\
still i can not able to select Microsoft Windows Comman Control 6.0 and Microsoft Windows Comman Control-2 6.0

August 24, 2014

the error is Object Library Not Registered

please help me.
Ninad.
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Chaitanya

Post author

August 24, 2014

Ninad copy the folder into C:\Program Files\ and from there right click the vb6 exe file and select Run as
Adminstrator . it will solve the problem

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kishan

my antivirus says that msjava.bat file is malicious . Any threat to install

September 2, 2014

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Chaitanya

Post author
September 2, 2014

No threat

., its just a simple batch script to copy a blank file thats it

Reply

priyanka

pls help

September 13, 2014

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Chaitanya

Post author
September 13, 2014

Yes, sure whats the problem ? We are happy to help at TechApple!

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Gul Rochlani
September 13, 2014

Hello, I tried the above procedure on 64bit windows 8.1 machine it worked perfectly, I am able to use visual studio 6
on my machine. Thank you for the Article.

But When I tried to install Visual studio service pack 5, it was not able to detect installation of visual studio 6.
I checked the registry and visual studio 6 doesnt appear in list of installed programs.
Wish, If I can get help on installing VS6 service pack 5.
Note : I am using win 8.1, 64 bit.
Thanks in Advance
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Chaitanya

Post author
September 13, 2014

Hello Gul, we can help you around over this, can you try running the Service pack 5 installer in Run as
Administrator mode and tell us the happenings..?

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Rochlani Gul

Thank you for responding,

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September 14, 2014

I ran the service pack as Administrator only, but it was not working.
After searching for installed components, I got the message that VS 6 is not installed and hence it cannot be updated

with service pack.

I even checked from control panel, the list of installed program and VS 6 was not showing in it. Though its running on my machine (64 bit win
8.1)
Hope this will suffice for you to explore further. Thanking you Once again.
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Chaitanya

Post author
September 14, 2014

Welcome Rochlani, Okay, Can you Re-install VS 6 on the same machine , During installation , Please uncheck
the Data Access option, it will do the registry entries. You can use Revo uninstaller to uninstall existing VS 6

installation. And if after re-installing the Service pack fails to detect components we can add the entries in Registry Manually, but that will be
viablle only if re-installation doesnt add the necessary entries to the registry.
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sten2005
November 18, 2014

There is an installer to simplify the installation of the VB6 programming IDE on Windows 7, 8 and 10 which has now
had over 25,000 downloads.

http://nuke.vbcorner.net/Home/tabid/36/language/en-US/Default.aspx
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Muhammad Saleem Malik Sir when i Execute program then this error display g++ is not running what is this problem and give the
November 25, 2014

solution of this. thanks

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lamees

please,is the interface of vb6 same as vb 2010??

March 1, 2015

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