I'm trying to impelement C++ Windows Shell context menu handler on windows 8 - ARM,32 and x64.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/CppShellExtContextMenuHandl-410a709a
With a some differences I managed to get the project working on XP and W7 (32,64).
The thing is, that registering the dll in W8 works withount any errors. But it doesn't work. Don't know why but I didn't find any usefull information that would describe differences between the OSes.
The same is with this project:
https://cfx.svn.codeplex.com/svn/Visual%20Studio%202008/ATLShellExtIconOverlayHandler/ReadMe.txt
No errors but it just doesn't work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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**Our team has been using a *.exe file developed during window XP or 6 OS timeframe.. I am also not sure which version of Visual Basic (may be VB6), as this code is been written in 2004.
Currently, team is struggling to access it on a virtual XP machine. Unfortunately, the source code was lost. Would it be possible to open the source using any of the VB.Net frame work applications from the *.exe file only
Now I am trying to decompile .exe and generate source code.
Tried Solution:
Installed 32 bit dotpeek and tried but no success.
Also tried through command line "ildsam" but still no success
How do I decompile a .NET EXE into readable C# source code?
Above solution tried on below machine
Dell laptop (Precision 7560) with Windows 10
Visual Studio 2022.
Is anyone tried/faced issue like this.
Is there any way to find out which version of VB from .exe
On which version of
Please let me know your suggestion
I have installed VB6 on my Windows 8 64bit laptop, I installed SP6 and when I try to run projects that I had working on my windows 7 32bit laptop I am running into a problem with common functions like Space$ or Str, where it tells me "Can't find project or library".
After some googling I have tried copying over my comdlg32.dll from the windows 7 laptop over to the syswow64 folder on the win8 laptop but saw no change. I have installed SP4 after I read that would solve it but that didn't work either. I also read that msderun.dll would help but after dropping that in syswow64 I did not see any change either.
Does anyone know how to fix this on Windows 8?
Find msvbrun60.dll (in 32 bit windows type regsvr32 msvbvm60.dll, for 64 bit do the same with c:\windows\syswow64\regsvr32 msvbrun60.dll). All those functions are in vba library which is msvbvm60.dll. If that fails reinstall the runtime files http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290887.
I have a windows 8 x64 machine, pretty new image, and I just installed VS2012 C# express, and the install completed fine. but when I launch the IDE, nothing happens, I do not see a new process starting in Task Manager either.
After googling a bit, people suggest that it may be extensions and to run "devenv.exe /safemode". I did not install any extensions, and "devenv.exe" does not exist in my system. all I can find is %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe. This is where the shortcut created on my desktop points too. I have tried using the " /safemode" switch with that .exe, but nothing happens.
I am currently running a repair on the program now, maybe that will fix it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I found the issue, The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 was locking some files. After removing it. VS2012 opened right up.
I'm trying to figure out why the simplest firebreath plugin wont install on a German Windows XP SP3. I'm running Windows XP as a virtual machine.
The event viewer in Windows XP tells me something about the Windows Installer aborting but not why. I'm logged in as the administrator.
The installer works on Windows 7.
For development I use Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010 and some one months old firebreath trunk.
Is this is known problem? What are the typical steps I could use to track down the issue?
Regards,
Christian
If you get an error saying module can't be found it means that you are missing a .dll file needed to make the plugin work. The most common if it works on most computers (or many) but not that one is that your .dll was compiled with a dynamic runtime, in which case you'll have to install the common runtime for whatever version of visual studio you compiled it with.
For example, the runtime distributable for vs2008 is at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29
Dependency Walker might help you to find out which dll is missing.
My company has a VB6 application using Crystal Reports 7 which a client has asked to be installed on Windows 7 32 bit. It is currently installed on Windows XP 32bit SP2 machines at the client. Connection to the DB is done via ODBC to SQL Server 2000 instance on another server.
On Windows 7, the installation works fine, however when you try to open the application, the error is given.
I have looked at the following:
Registering all the dll's and ocx files using regsvr32. Some will not register as they either are registered already or the following message is given "Make sure that "[name].dll" is valid DLL or OCX file and then try again." I read this forum thread regarding this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/0653f685-4526-45d9-89f3-8c479a6b4c62
Monitored the opening of the application using a ProcessMonitor application to try and spot if there is a missing dll or ocx file - this does not seem to be the case.
Reviewed the application according to this list and nothing seems to be against these guidelines
I've noticed two items in the knowledge base that relate to this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281848 - the comdlg32.ocx bundled with the application is version 6.0.81.69 and the one in the system32 folder on the dev machine (WinXP 32 bit) is 6.1.97.82. However if this was the issue then surely it would not work currently?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184898 - I'm not sure how to confirm that this is the issue
Finally, due to complexities, I am not allowed to make code changes to this application. Even if I was, I'm not a VB6 programmer, just the guy who got the terribly support project! If code changes are required, then I'll have to investigate using WinXP mode.
Update: I get the same error in XP Mode. That's a Win XP with SP3 VM. This runs on a Win XP SP2 VM, is there potentially something in SP3 that would have caused this to occur? Or is it just a fact of it being XP Mode?
I got the same error but I solved by using regsvr32.exe in C:\Windows\SysWOW64.
Because we use x64 system. So if your machine is also x64, the ocx/dll must registered also with regsvr32 x64 version
The file msrdo20.dll is missing from the installation.
According to the Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 this file should be distributed with the application.
I'm not sure why it isn't, but my solution is to place the file somewhere on the machine, and register it using regsvr32 in the command line, eg:
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msrdo20.dll
In an ideal world you would package this up with the redistributable.
This download fixed my VB6 EXE and Access 2016 (using ACEDAO.DLL) run-time error 429. Took me 2 long days to get it resolved because there are so many causes of 429.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=13255
QUOTE from link:
"This download will install a set of components that can be used to facilitate transfer of data between 2010 Microsoft Office System files and non-Microsoft Office applications"
You say it works once you install the VB6 IDE so the problem is likely to be that the components you are trying to use depend on the VB6 runtime being installed.
The VB6 runtime isn't installed on Windows by default.
Installing the IDE is one way to get the runtime. For non-developer machines, a "redistributable" installer package from Microsoft should be used instead.
Here is one VB6 runtime installer from Microsoft. I'm not sure if it will be the right version for your components:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b9ba261-7a9c-43e7-9117-f673077ffb3c