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You may be wondering, Why install Visual Basic 6 on the new operating systems such as
windows 7 or Windows 8.
Well, VB6 is the best tool for learning GUI programming in Windows (according to my teachers
in college..!!). But they never tell how to install them on newer operating operating systems. So i
figured it out myself.
This has been successfully tested on my Windows 8 64-bit, so it should probably work with
Windows 7 too.
So here are the steps which I followed
1. Create a zero-byte file in C:\Windows named MSJAVA.DLL. The reason for this is that
the setup will look for this file and if it doesnt find it, it will force for installation of very
old version of Java (which wont install on Windows 8) and will force reboot too. By
creating a zero-byte file, the Java installation is bypassed, and no reboot is required.
For those who are wondering how to create a zero-byte file here is a simple process.
o Type cmd in Start Menu -> Right click on cmd.exe -> select Run as
administrator and type in the foll command
copy nul C:\Windows\msjava.dll
2. Now insert your Visual Studio 6 CD (or extract the given file to a folder on Desktop)
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