Installing VB6 Enterprise [RESOLVED]

[alacritous]

Hello,
Something weird is happening. I formatted my computer (well, got a new drive...) and am trying to install Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Edition on the computer. When I run from the CD, everything goes right. After I select what programs to install (VB6 and VC++) and click next, it pops up a message box:

Couldn't find Acme setup.

After I click OK, another message appears:

The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition setup failed. Please try re-running the Installation Wizard. For answers to common installation questions and updated information about this product please visit the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website at http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/.

I've never had this happen before, and I have even formatted before and it worked.

Thanks,
Alacritous

[dglienna]

there is no acme file on my harddrive. it must reside on the CD.
did you re-install windows with a clean registry? if not, there may be an entry that shouldn't be there, and you should uninstall.

[alacritous]

Originally posted by dglienna
there is no acme file on my harddrive. it must reside on the CD.
did you re-install windows with a clean registry? if not, there may be an entry that shouldn't be there, and you should uninstall.

I understand there is no Acme file, I'm not illiterate. It was a clean hard drive... so yes a clean registry.

[dglienna]

may be a bad CD. try copying the files to the hd and installing from there. there's nothing on MSDN about acme missing.

[alacritous]

I've already tried copying it to the HD.

Anything else?
Alacritous

[dglienna]

acme setup may be settings for server-side progs, from what i read on MSDN. i assume that it's XP. Don't know if that's it, though.

[alacritous]

Hello,
It's a start.

Although, I'm installing VB6 and VC++, so that wouldn't be server side.

Alacritous

[dglienna]

VS may think that XP is a server, while ACME knows that it isn't, and can't find it when it's not loaded. see if you can configure whats loaded.

[alacritous]

Although, I have installed it on Windows XP without a problem.

One thing that caught my attention is this:

Previously, I had installed Win98 THEN Windows XP (like you saw in my other topic), so it might possibly *think* for some stupid reason that it's still Windows 98 in that scenario.

Also, what do you mean "configure whats loaded"?

Thoughts?
Alacritous

[dglienna]

i forget if there is a custom install, or some advanced settings.
maybe from the command line? there may be something on MSDN about it.

[MartinLiss]

Does this help?

[dglienna]

that's the page that I was looking at earlier. didn't follow the lnks, though.

[dglienna]

i found what i thought i had seen earlier...

After running the install described in the previous bullet (installing nothing), run Setup again (with a log file). Setup should start in maintenance mode that prompts you to re-install, add/remove components, or uninstall. When this dialog box appears, add one component at a time and test the installation after you install each component.

from here

[alacritous]

Hello,
I havn't started any of this, but I will after I reply to this. I just have a few questions. This is the page that MartinLiss gave me.

Edit: I have just tried the Safe Mode method, and still had the same error. I'm not trying all the other solutions.

When it says

(the /k options and its argument should be omitted for Service Pack installations).

I'm not quite understanding what Service pack installations are. I understand what it is, but I don't understand what it means.

NOTE:The specific *.stf file that is required for the manual command line will vary depending on the specific product you are installing. Search the \Setup folder on the CD-ROM of the product you are installing for the *.stf to use. For example, for Visual Basic 6.0 Professional, use VB98Pro.stf.

I'm installing both VB6 and VC++ (and possibly more), so what would I type?

Thanks,
Alacritous

[MartinLiss]

A Service Pack is a group of fixes and/or updates to the base package which are installed after the iniitial installation.

I'm not familiar with stf files, but is there more than one in your \Setup folder? If not then use that one.

[alacritous]

I know what a Service Pack is, just didn't understand if I needed /k or not.

As you posted that I found out what STF to use.

There is a "VS98ENT.STF" file, for the Visual Studio 98 Enterprise. So, I'd run that.

I got it to work now .

Thanks all!
Alacritous

If anyone else is experiencing this problem, this is the solution:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q250343

Use the solution below the Safe Mode solution:

E:\SETUP\ACMSETUP.EXE /T *.STF /S E:\ /n "" /o "" /k "YYYYYYYYYY" /b1

[Pino]

Hi i am having the same problem, but i when i do the command line stuff, it gives me a missing file\corrupted file error?

[alacritous]

Can you tell me EXACTLY what you typed?

Also, a more detailed error? (full error, not just 3 words, etc)

Alacritous

[TysonLPrice]

I know this is an old thread but it popped up on a Google search and I had the same issue installing on Windows 7 from a network folder. Copying the folder to the C: drive solved the problem.