Avoid installing Microsoft Office 2000 when opening a file or dialog of a VB6 project
I was unexpectedly asked to debug an old project in Visual Studio 6. My PC setup contains a Microsoft Office 2000 IME. Every time I try to open a .VBP file using Visual Studio, the Microsoft Office 2000 Installation CD dialog is displayed, I could undo the installation process, but it's a little worried about repeating this over and over again. I found Microsoft Windows Installer cleanup on the Microsoft KB page, but it doesn't work. Any ideas for people who have experienced this with Visual Studio 6 and Microsoft Office?
I cannot uninstall MS Office. Are there any registry files for smooth VB programming?
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Oh man, this is an old problem. I think it has to do with some snafu licensing between Office 2k and VB6 for some of the controls that come with both.
Assuming this is the case, you can try downloading and running the VB6Cli.exe file at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194751 . IIRC, this will fix the problem.
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I posted this same answer on a similar thread.
Vb6 apps have this quirk where some MSI installer has set their registry settings. Have you recently launched regcleaner? Either way, the solution is usually to insert any CD that may be requested (MS applications like Office) and let it do its thing once, and then it usually never repeats. You may need to repair the installation of the corresponding Office application.
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