Microsoft KB Archive/187593

= INFO: MSVBVM50.DLL Is Included in Windows 98 =

Article ID: 187593

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187593



SUMMARY
Msvbvm50.dll version 05.00.4319 is included in Windows 98.



MORE INFORMATION
Msvbvm50.dll is the Visual Basic Virtual Machine and is the required run- time library for Visual Basic 5.0 applications. The version of Msvbvm50.dll that is included in Windows 98 is 05.00.4319, which is the same version included in Visual Basic 5.0 Service Pack 2 and Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3.

The file was optimized using WinAlign, a tool for aligning executable code (binaries) so as to optimize their performance under Windows 98. The file size of the Microsoft Visual Basic Virtual Machine is approximately 8K larger on Windows 98 computers and has a last modified date of May 11th, 1998.

The file versions, 5.00.4319 (SP2), are identical except for the 4K alignment optimizations. The files size and dates are different as described below:

Distributed With             Date Modified    Size -- Windows 98                   May  11, 1998    1,355,776 bytes Visual Basic SP2 & SP3       July 19, 1997    1,347,344 bytes Including the run-time file in Windows 98 decreases the amount of time it takes to install Visual Basic 5.0 applications. The most noticeable difference is in the amount of time for Internet Download Setups that include Msvbvm50.dll.

Keywords: kbinfo KB187593

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