Visual C++ 6 - Will it work under Windows 7
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
I think some people have managed to use it without too many issues, but most of them had to disable UAC and/or run with full Admin rights. It may be far simpler to install it under XP mode. You can run it like a normal app (the VM-ness won't be obvious).
Regards, Nish
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
Without UAC it works normally... at least it did for me...
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
yes, it works fine. i use it all the time (Win7 x64, even)
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
Yes it works "as is" on Win 7 x86 and x64. You'll get several warnings about compatibility during it's installation, elect to continue installing anyway. Once you've done that - it works well.
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Yes it works "as is" on Win 7 x86 and x64. You'll get several warnings about compatibility during it's installation, elect to continue installing anyway. Once you've done that - it works well.
In response to Nish's message you DEFINITELY don't need to disable UAC with VC++ 6. I run it both with and without admin rights too, on both Win 7 SP1 x86 and x64. It's mainly the installation process that throws up lots of compatibility warnings, if you persevere through that, all is well. Mike
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
I do not use it anymore, but if you either start it As Administrator (you will have to in order to debug an app that runs as administrator anyway) or install out of Program Files or any other protected directory (some Windows 7 installations, especially upgrades from Vista, treat entire C: as protected directory) it should work fine. You may also want to check if more junk is being added to Virtual Store and Virtual Registry.
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
That's my main development platform (still) and have been using it for the past 6 months (Run as Administrator) on Win7 32/64.
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
It can run normally in my machine.
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That's my main development platform (still) and have been using it for the past 6 months (Run as Administrator) on Win7 32/64.
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
I have not had luck getting the VS 6 SP6 to install without issues in 32-bit or 64-bit mode as Admin (well, what is considered *admin* in our work environment) I get a dialog box stating SP6 was not sucessful, I think SP3 was the last SP that didnt throw errors.. We just finished evaluating our engineering tools for the Win 7 upgrade so we can plan... I've had one program crash VS6 on source code rebuild, a different application was able to rebuild but VS locked up in debug mode, other VS apps didnt execute without problems after rebuild... Some common problems we found with some of our apps : Session0 No Longer a User Session[^] Deprecated Features for Windows 7[^] It just Works [^] XP Mode not optimized for graphics / hardware intensive[^]
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
Works with no problem, but if you are planning on compiling executables for use on other systems, be aware that Windows 7 SP 1 breaks ADODB compatibility with down-level OS's. Your executable will not work on other systems. (except for other Win7 SP1) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517589">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517589
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I still use Visual C++ 6 occasionally. I recently built a new computer and used Windows 7 Professional as my OS. I started to install C++ 6, but got a warning message (I forget what it said, something about possible incompatibility!) Should I install the Win XP virtual machine and install C++ 6 there, or will it work under Windows 7?? Thanks, Tom
The basic IDE runs nicely, I build stuff all the time under Win7-32-bit. However an ADDIN I wrote for vc6 won't run in Win7, even Win7-32bit, it can't find its dll's somehow. However NEITHER in WinXP-64-bit nor Win7-64-bit, have I been able to get my vc6 builds to LINK. Now this is somewhat likely to be merely the way the libraries get set up under x64, but anyway I never managed to figure it out.
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