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Q189834: INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Does Not Install on Windows NT 3.51

Article: Q189834
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp kbVBp600 kbVC600 kbvfp600 kbVS600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual J++, version 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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Attempting to install Visual Studio 6.0 on Windows NT 3.51 causes the following
error:

  The Installation Wizard only runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 or newer
  operating systems. Some of the Server Applications can be installed on a
  Windows NT 3.51 system. See the Readme topic "Running Server setups on
  Windows NT 3.51" for more information.

MORE INFORMATION
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Visual Studio 6.0 requires a 32-bit version of Internet Explorer in order to
run. There are no 32-bit versions of Internet Explorer available for Windows NT
3.51.

Visual Studio 6.0 will not install on Windows NT 3.51. This includes each of the
developer tools in Visual Studio as well:

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0
Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0

Some of the Server components of Visual Studio 6.0 will install on Windows NT
3.51. These include the following components:

SQL Server 6.5 (DEV Edition) SQL Server Debugging Service

REFERENCES
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Please see the documentation for the above components for more information.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp600 kbVC600 kbvfp600 kbVS600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVJsearch kbVFPsearch kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600 kbVC600 kbVC32bitSearch kbVFP600 kbVJ600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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