Make <Project>.exe menu item is disabled in VB (was enabled before!)

[eyeRmonkey]

For some reason, the menu item "File > Make <Project>.exe" randomly became disabled yesterday. I have the right version of VB for it to be enabled and it was enabled up until yesterday.

I racked my brain for things that I changed around the time that it happened. Here is a list of what I could think of.

* A had registered a vbAccelerator OCX (ListView) a few minutes earlier
* I had just added the ListView control to my program
* A Windows Automatic Update had been automatically installed a day or 2 prior.
* I MIGHT have messed with the menu items earlier (using "Customize...") but I don't think so
* I attempted to delete MSXML4 and got an error saying it was write protected (I was testing to see why my Inno installer couldn't install that file)

The weridest part is that it had worked only a couple hours prior and I hadn't even restarted VB or the computer between the time that I think it was working and when I noticided it was no longer enabled. The only other think I did in that time period was open a sample project for the vbAcc ListView control.

Also, I checked under my restore points and there are 2 weird entries for the 15th and 16th of this month that say "Software Distribution Service 2.0"

If you guys can't think of anything I will try to restore the computer to one of those points.

Does anyone have any idea why this would happen?

[Hack]

Does anyone have any idea why this would happen?

Nothing I can definately point my finger at.

If you guys can't think of anything I will try to restore the computer to one of those points.

I've seen this problem posted by other members. Reinstalling VB6 and associated service packs seems to fix it.

[Joacim Andersson]

I've had the same thing happened to me once and I fixed it by simply Right clicking any of the Toolbars and select Customize in the popup menu. Make sure Menu Bar is selected and click the Reset button.

[Hack]

I've had the same thing happened to me once and I fixed it by simply Right clicking any of the Toolbars and select Customize in the popup menu. Make sure Menu Bar is selected and click the Reset button.

Off the top of my head I can think of 4 other people in the past few months that did a reinstall because of this issue that would have loved to have known this little trick.

[eyeRmonkey]

JA, you saved the day once again. That worked perfectly.

I can't rep you because I've already rep (because I repped you recently from other help you've given me :O) but I will when I get a chance. Thanks a ton.

I tried something right before I checked this thread and it worked also: I dragged the "Make <Project>.exe" menu item off of them menu (while "Customizing.."ing it) and then dragged it back.

This morning (right before I left for school) I also tried to making "Make <Project>.exe" into a button on the toolbar and that worked also.

Thanks again JA.

[Joacim Andersson]

Yes, you can totally rearrange the menu items and the toolbars. Actually, you don't even need to have the Customize dialog box open to do so, you can drag items around with the mouse while holding down the Alt button. This fact caused a lot of problem for me at one point with my old keyboard where the Alt button often got stuck. So items where constantly removed from my VB environment (and in the different Office applications).

[CycloneTS]

JA, thanks, that saved me some time also.

[MartinLiss]

JA, you saved the day once again. That worked perfectly.

I can't rep you because I've already rep (because I repped you recently from other help you've given me :O) but I will when I get a chance. Thanks a ton.

I tried something right before I checked this thread and it worked also: I dragged the "Make <Project>.exe" menu item off of them menu (while "Customizing.."ing it) and then dragged it back.

This morning (right before I left for school) I also tried to making "Make <Project>.exe" into a button on the toolbar and that worked also.

Thanks again JA.

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