VB 6.0 & 32Bit Windows 7

[Guv]

I am right now installing VB6.0 on a 32Bit Windows 7 system.

The install process complained about compatibility issues, & I am wondering what might go wrong.

Has anyone tried to install VB6.0 on 32bBit win7 ? Any advice would be appreciated. I doubt that it would install on my 64Bit Win7 system. I run multiple OS's.

BTW: I am rewriting some VB6.0 programs for VB.net & it will be handy to be able to run both development environments at the same time.

[Guv]

The install worked, but showed some complaining messages.

One VB6.0 application ran okay. Perhaps the only problem will be attempting to produce code to be run under Win7 outside the IDE.

I would still be interested in comments and/or advice.

[si_the_geek]

The VB6 IDE works fine on Win7/Vista (32 and 64 bit), but is officially not supported.

It has minor compatibility issues, which can be fixed by ticking the "disable desktop composition" box in the shortcut properties, and sometimes (such as when creating user controls) you need to run it as an administrator.

Programs created with VB6 are fine on Win7/Vista too, assuming of course that you follow Win2000 guidelines, and if apt deal with UAC issues for admin tasks.

[dilettante]

The IDE should also be run elevated and really ought to have a "Vista aware" manifest. Otherwise you end up with a lot of trash in virtualized registry locations, and other erratic things can happen during debugging since debugger APIs are protected from use by standard users.