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Matt
Matt

Reputation: 219

Can Visual Studio 6.0 C++ run in Windows 11?

I just install Windows 11 and found out the VS6.0 app I still have to support will not build. VS C++ 6.0 won't even launch. It was working fine in Windows 10.

Has anyone figured out how to run VS6 in Windows 11?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6489

Answers (2)

Dave
Dave

Reputation: 99

An update for late 2024, I've just installed VC6 + VC6 SP6 on whatever variant of Windows 11 is the current one and it ran with no changes necessary, so no renaming or compatibility mode required. This was quite surprising since under Windows 10 it required quite a bit of hackery to get going. I haven't checked whether the TLLOC.DLL fix is required yet.

Having said that, this is Microsoft, it could stop working on the next update.

Upvotes: 0

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 219

Found the solution on codeguru https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1191047/Install-Visual-Studio-on-Windows?msg=5840158#xx5840158xx

I had VS6 running on Windows 10 so I only did 1 & 2 from "Works on Windows 11" comment.

*First, msdev.exe only showed the splash screen and then disappeared. It worked after

  1. Renaming it to msdev1.exe (!)
  2. Setting compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2.
  3. Updating the file associations to point to the renamed exe file.*

Upvotes: 4

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