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1. #Vm for windows 10 64 bit install#
2. #Vm for windows 10 64 bit update#
3. #Vm for windows 10 64 bit download#

Since the Visual Basic 6 installer is over 20 years old, there are unsurprisingly some components that will not install properly in Windows 10 which causes the failures. These last two error messages will cause the install to halt with a message saying the setup could not be completed. With the default install options, the VB6 installer will likely produce another error message which is “javasign.dll was unable to register itself in the system registry”. If you fix that, another error that appears will be a “Setup was unable to create a DCOM user account in order to register…valec.exe” message box. Looking in Task Manager will show high CPU usage for ACMSETUP.EXE and the setup window has to be closed manually. After a few seconds, the installer becomes unresponsive and then hangs. While fixing the above issue gets round the first hurdle of installing Visual Basic 6 on Windows 10, there are some other things that will cause the install to fail.įirst of all, you will likely experience the “Setup is updating your system…” progress getting stuck and doing nothing else. Change VB6 Setup Options To Prevent The Install From Hanging Or Failing The install can be continued but you must also follow the next steps as well or the installation will not complete successfully. Simply delete the whole line or everything after the “=” sign and save the file. Look for the line “VmPath=ie4\msjavx86.exe”. Then start the installation and it won’t ask to install Java.ī) If you want to edit the file manually, go to the main folder and open the SETUPWIZ.INI file with Notepad. Place the INI file in the main installation files folder overwriting the current file.

#Vm for windows 10 64 bit download#

Make sure to download the correct INI for your version of Visual Studio.ĭownload SETUPWIZ.INI(For Visual Studio 6 Enterprise)ĭownload SETUPWIZ.INI (For Visual Studio 6 Professional) As the name implies, this is the setup wizard configuration file. This will ignore the requirement and continue the install process.Ī) The simplest option here is to download the SETUPWIZ.INI file from the link below. If you have the VB6 setup files on your hard drive, it’s possible to edit the settings file for the installer and tell it not to ask for Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java. Tell VB6 setup Not To Install Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java

#Vm for windows 10 64 bit update#

It now doesn’t prompt you to update Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java. Copying to the Desktop first will avoid any access denied error when trying to copy the file directly from 7-Zip.Īfter copying msjava.dll to either the System32 or SysWOW64 folder, you can launch the Visual Basic 6 setup.exe file to start the installation. Look for msjava.dll in the list, drag it onto the Desktop and then copy it to SysWOW64 or System32. In 7-Zip, double click on javabase.cab which will open it. Go to the IE4 folder located on the install CD, right click on MSJAVX86.exe, go to 7-Zip and select “ Open archive“. You can extract it if you have an archiver such as 7-Zip installed on your system. If it doesn’t exist, you have a 32-bit system and should copy the file to the C:\Windows\System32 folder instead.ī) Alternatively, the same DLL file is also present on the installation disc. If you’re unsure about the architecture of your Windows operating system, simply try to copy msjava.dll to the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder. Placing the file into the right folder will let the VB6 install continue.Ī) For the quickest and easiest way of doing this, you can download the msjava.dll file from the link below and copy it to the required directory. The VB6 installer checks if the file msjava.dll exists in the SysWOW64 folder for 64-bit systems or System32 for 32-bit systems. Trick VB6 setup into thinking Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java is Installed There are two ways in which you can do this which we’ll list below, you only need to use one of them. Then you can reach the next phase of the installation. The solution is to bypass the VB6 setup by either tricking it into thinking Microsoft Java is already installed or by telling it not to install Java in the first place.

The problem is, the VB6 setup does not allow you to continue with the installation if you untick the “Update Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java” checkbox as it grays out the Next button. A computer should always maintain the latest version of Java and it’s pointless having the discontinued Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java on the computer just to install Visual Basic 6.