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  1. Jun 5th, 2008, 03:23 AM #1
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    Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Hi guys, Im having a problem installing the VS6 Enterprise. I uninstalled the previous installation because my VB6 is having some problems. After uninstalling, when i runned the setup.exe, it then asks for the location of the Visual Studio 6 CD1, even if the cd is in the drive?
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  2. Jun 5th, 2008, 03:59 AM #2
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Perhaps the CD is bad. Is it an original or a burned copy?
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Actually I copied the original disk to a folder in my pc and ive used it before and the installation was ok, but this time, it wont work anymore. it keeps on saying "Setup could not open the file VS98ecd1.inf" and as I checked that file, it was not included in the files.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    It's a zero length file that you can create yourself in the same folder that setup.exe resides.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Copying the disk to a folder is not a good idea as you may not be copying all files and the volume lable will not match either.
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  7. Jun 5th, 2008, 05:26 AM #6
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    If it weren't for copying all my CD's to my HD, I would not have any backups at all.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Quote Originally Posted by randem
    If it weren't for copying all my CD's to my HD, I would not have any backups at all.
    Why don't you have a CD burner?

    So how reliable do you thing hard drives are? Is it worth risking all your CD's on the hard drive?

    I have VS6 CD I shall have to have a look at the CD when I get home.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Are you running the installation from the CD? Or have you put the CD in the drive but are running the setup.exe from your HDD?

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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    when you want to backup , create a CD image.
    And run it in a image recorder (Nero has one) or Virtual drive/CD
    that way it would simulate a CD drive and you wont have any problems.
    This happened to me also for MSDN
    Some trick is there on that inf file.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    I've looked on my VS6 CD and there is a Vs98ecd1.inf but as randem says there is nothing in it, just create a blank one.
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    Re: Visual Studio 6 Installation

    Keithuk,

    I do have CD/DVD burners. But my original CD's are my backup. They NEVER come out for anything unless I blow away my software folders. This way I can carry around all the software I need to do anything I want without the bulk of my extensive CD collection.
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