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Subject: VS6 after Visual Studio 2005

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Name: GL (by gilalig)
Date: April 29, 2008 at 13:07:54 Pacific
Subject: VS6 after Visual Studio 2005
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.60 GHz , 512
Model/Manufacturer: Intel

Comment:

Hi,
I have Visual Studio 2005 installed on my PC. Now I need to also install VS6 in order to use VB6. Is this possible or will I encounter problems with either the Visual Studio 2005 or VS6?
Thanks!
GL

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Response Number 1

Name: Razor2.3
Date: April 29, 2008 at 14:22:07 Pacific
Subject: VS6 after Visual Studio 2005

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I have VS2K3, VS2K5, and VB2K8 Express. They all seem to play well together, but I've never had VS6. If you DO encounter problems, reinstalling/repairing VS2K5 should fix it.

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Response Number 2

Name: GL (by gilalig)
Date: April 29, 2008 at 22:55:29 Pacific
Subject: VS6 after Visual Studio 2005

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Thanks!
Do you suggest I uninstall VS2005 first, before I install VS6 or would this be playing it "too" safe?
GL

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Response Number 3

Name: klint
Date: April 30, 2008 at 03:03:28 Pacific
Subject: VS6 after Visual Studio 2005

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I seem to remember installing VS6 after VS2003 with no problems. Different versions of Visual Studio are designed to work independently of each other.
A minor problem you may have, could be with file associations. However, you only need to install the VB part of VS6. Don't bother installing C or C++, as the VS2005 versions are sufficient. If you only install VB6, you won't have problems with VB project file associations as these two versions use different file extensions.

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