Microsoft KB Archive/189834

= INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Does Not Install on Windows NT 3.51 =

Article ID: 189834

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q189834



SUMMARY
Attempting to install Visual Studio 6.0 on Windows NT 3.51 causes the following error:

The Installation Wizard only runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 or newer operating systems. Some of the Server Applications can be installed on a Windows NT 3.51 system. See the Readme topic "Running Server setups on Windows NT 3.51" for more information.



MORE INFORMATION
Visual Studio 6.0 requires a 32-bit version of Internet Explorer in order to run. There are no 32-bit versions of Internet Explorer available for Windows NT 3.51.

Visual Studio 6.0 will not install on Windows NT 3.51. This includes each of the developer tools in Visual Studio as well:

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0

Some of the Server components of Visual Studio 6.0 will install on Windows NT 3.51. These include the following components:

SQL Server 6.5 (DEV Edition) SQL Server Debugging Service

