Microsoft KB Archive/260118

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FIX: VS6 SP4 BETA: Six Files Are Not Installed by Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 4 Beta

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Q260118

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Visual Studio SP4 Beta

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SYMPTOMS
Six files are not installed by Visual Studio Service Pack 4 build 8796:


 * Enablesimd.reg
 * Disablesimd.reg
 * Masmref.doc
 * Setup.exe
 * Ppreadme.htm
 * Detect.dsp

RESOLUTION
Install the Visual Studio Service Pack 4 release-to-market version.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 build 8796. This bug was corrected in the release-to-market version of Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4. For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q258648 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4, What, Where, Why" "Q258649 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 Is Installed" You can download Visual Studio Service Pack 4 from the following Microsoft Web site:

"Visual Studio Product Updates"

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Install Windows NT 4 Server, ENU (English) version.

Install the complete Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, ENU version.

Install Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3, ENU version.

Install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 4, build 8796.

Take a snapshot (inventory) of installed files for comparison by a comparative program, such as Diff.

Install Visual C++ 6.0 Processor Pack build 8793.

Take snapshot #2.

Compare the two snapshots.

RESULT: Six files are not installed by Visual Studio Service Pack 4:


 * Enablesimd.reg
 * Disablesimd.reg
 * Masmref.doc
 * Setup.exe
 * Ppreadme.htm
 * Detect.dsp