Microsoft KB Archive/193960

= DOC: Visual Basic 6.0 Applications Cannot Be Run on NT 3.51 =

Article ID: 193960

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5

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This article was previously published under Q193960



SUMMARY
Visual Basic 6.0 applications cannot run on the Windows NT 3.51 platform. The Visual Basic 6.0 run-time libraries check for the version of the running operating system; if the Windows NT 3.51 operating system is recognized, the application will not be allowed to start.

The documentation under Section "System Requirements for Visual Basic Applications" in Appendix A "Visual Basic Specifications, Limitations and File Formats" of "Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide", states that Visual Basic 6.0 applications can run on Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, this is incorrect.

Please refer to the correct system requirements at the back of the Visual Basic 6.0 software package.



MORE INFORMATION
Attempting to run an application created with Visual Basic 6.0 on a machine with Windows NT 3.51 installed, results in the following error:

Wrong version of operating system, Requires Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381

with Service Pack 3 or above), or Windows 95 (build 708 or above)

