Copying VB6 Installation

[jemidiah]

I recently bought a new desktop running Vista, and I'd like to get my copy of VB6 on it. The problem? My CD is several hundred miles away. I have VB6 installed on my XP laptop, but I would prefer having it on my desktop.

Is there a way to copy my laptop's installation over to my desktop?

I've tried the naive approach of copying the Microsoft Visual Studio folder over, which (shockingly.) didn't work. After feeding it a library file [I'm sorry, I've forgotten which], launching VB6.exe gives "Unexpected error; quitting", even when run in compatibility mode for XP SP2.

[MartinLiss]

I don't believe that would be legal although I'm sure many people do it.

[DigiRev]

You would have to know all the things it places in the registry, along with system files, etc. So no, you really need the installation program.

[jemidiah]

As for legality, I haven't read through the EULA to make sure it's allowed--but morally speaking I bought the software and think it's fine to install it in this somewhat strange manner, if it's possible. It's circumventing the need for a plastic disc. I could almost certainly download a cracked image of the CD, but I won't.

Mostly, I was wondering if anyone out there has done this type of transfer successfully.

[Siddharth Rout]

It's circumventing the need for a plastic disc.

There is one legal way of doing it.

1) Install vb6 from 'any' source to your pc. Feed it your licensed key.
2) Uninstall from laptop.

[si_the_geek]

Assuming the EULA is the same in your region as it is in mine, you actually don't need to un-install it from the other computer - you can have it installed on multiple computers, but are only allowed to use it on one at a time (and only the person it was licensed to).