Solution for installing Visual Studio 6.0 over x64 versions of OS's

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_{Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:30 AM}

Hi everybody.
I realized that many people have difficulties for installing Visual Studio 6.0 over x64 platforms.

When you run SETUP.EXE, the program throws a message telling us about the incompatibility of the executable file with our OS.

Here is the solution.

Execute the following command on a cmd window or Run dialog

G:\Setup>acmsetup.exe /Z bboard.dll /T VS98PRO.STF /S G:\

Where G is the CDROM drive letter and VS98PRO.STF is the installation file for the professional edition of Visual Studio 6.
For other editions of VS 6, use the .STF file located in the root folder of the drive.

To install MSDN....

G:\Setup>acmsetup.exe /Z bboard.dll /T MSDN98.STF /S G:\

Good luck!

All replies (1)

_{Monday, September 22, 2008 9:42 PM}

Hello,

My congratulations for your excellent contribution.

I installed the VS6 and everything perfect, but does not install the service packs.

I use Windows Vista Home Premium x64.

Thank you