Get Installdirectory of Visual Studio 6

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Solution 2

All right I got it!

I just changed.

RegistryKey regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VS");            
vsInstallationPath = regKey.GetValue("ProductDir").ToString();

to:

RegistryKey regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0");
vsInstallationPath = regKey.GetValue("InstallDir").ToString();

Thanks a lot for your help!

Posted 8-Mar-11 3:48am

Apfelmuuus

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Wild-Programmer 8-Mar-11 9:51am

I am glad it worked out for you :)

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Wild-Programmer · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-08T02:44:00

Please try code below:

C#

/// <summary>
        /// Gets the Visual Studio 2008 installation directory path.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Visual Studio 2008 installation directory path</returns>
        public static string GetVS9InstallDirectory()
        {
            string vsInstallationPath;

            RegistryKey regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VS");
            vsInstallationPath = regKey.GetValue("ProductDir").ToString();
            regKey.Close();

            return vsInstallationPath;
        }

Replace the path with visual studio 6.0

Ryan Zahra · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-08T03:55:00

Solution 3

May I add to Amit Kumar Tiwari solution:
First you need to check if you're running in x86 or x64. This could be achieved by:
System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE")
Please note that this only works if the variable isn't manipulated!!

If the architecture is x86 use the subkey
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Microsoft Visual C++"

If the architecture is x86 use the subkey "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Microsoft Visual C++"

Posted 8-Mar-11 3:55am

Ryan Zahra

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Wild-Programmer 8-Mar-11 10:03am

Perfect addition :) Thank you.

Ryan Zahra 8-Mar-11 10:05am

Cheers :) You still got my 5 as you were spot on!

Apfelmuuus 8-Mar-11 10:18am

Again I've learned something usefull today^^