Visual C++ 6.0 stopped working in windows 7

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Hi there,

I use Visual C++ 6.0 for my software - legacy software originally developed with MSVC 6.0. When I am trying to se the option "open" I am getting the error as "Microsoft Developer studio Stopped working" and Visual C++ is crashing.

Please let me know anything can be done to solve the problem. I cant move to the latest version of VS as this is the old application developed on 6.0 and throwing runtime exception in latest version of VS.

Thanks in advance!!

What I have tried:

I Tired to look for any option for solving this but could not get it working yet.

Edit 1: additional information moved from non-answer below
Thank you for all your responses.
Below is the pop up message I got it and Microsoft Visual c++ is closed.
Mircosoft(R) Devlopers Studio has stopped working.

A Problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

Posted 17-Nov-16 1:33am

Member 12855890

Updated 17-Nov-16 19:09pm

Nelek

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-11-17T02:08:00

VC6 was designed at the times of Windows 9x and NT4 and has been updated to run with Windows 2000 and XP. Even Visual Studio 2003 does not run without problems with Windows 7.

The best solution is to use a Windows versions that is supported by VC6 (e.g. using a virtual machine; if your Windows is a Professional version you can use the XP mode).

Otherwise search the net for tips on how to setup VC6 with Windows 7:
How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7 professional 64bit[^]

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2016-11-17T03:08:00

There is no way anyone is going to be able to help you with the complete lack of information you posted. All you did say way the "Visual Studio is broken". That's it.

There's thousands of possible things that can go wrong and just as many solutions. You're expecting someone to guess at the problem. Good luck with that.

At this point, all anyone can suggest is to uninstall Visual Studio 6 and reinstall it, and the latest Service Pack for it and any updates to get it to work on Windows Vista or above.

Member 3277477 · Answer 3 · 2024-02-29T14:08:00

So I get this sometimes during debugging.

First, install VC 6.0 into a separate VHDX partition. Advantage #1 of VC 6.0: It never changes! You can move it around as you upgrade machines. My copy was created in 2014 and still works fine.

Second, do your development work in a virtual machine with a separate C drive and source code drive. If worse comes to worse, instead of reinstalling, just reload your C Drive from a backup. Your current source code won't be affected.

Third, the best and fastest way to deal with this is to make a copy of the registry. When mine screws up, I just double click on my DevStudio backup registry file and everything works again.

At a minimum you want to backup the following and date them:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER-Software-Microsoft-DevStudio-6.0 yyyy-mm-dd.reg
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER-Software-Microsoft-VisualStudio-6.0 yyyy-mm-dd.reg

If you have different paths for different projects, you will want to save different files for different library collections:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER-Software-Microsoft-DevStudio-6.0-Build System- Components-Platforms-Win32 (x86) Project A Directories) yyyy-mm-dd.reg (Drill down you'll find it).

These also come in handy if you want to move your development environment to a different machine.

Member 12855890 · Answer 4 · 2016-11-17T18:42:00

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Thank you for all your responses.
Below is the pop up message I got it and Microsoft Visual c++ is closed.
Mircosoft(R) Devlopers Studio has stopped working.

A Problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

Posted 17-Nov-16 18:42pm

Member 12855890

Updated 17-Nov-16 19:06pm

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Nelek 18-Nov-16 1:08am

Please don't post answers to add information since they are not always sorted chronologically. Use the "improve question" to add general information in your original post or the "have a question or comment" widget to speak with one concrete user (which has the advantage of notifying the user about the post)

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