Microsoft KB Archive/217096

= Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes part 6 of 7-Issues related to computers with non-U.S. versions of Microsoft programs =

Article ID: 217096

Article Last Modified on 8/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q217096



SUMMARY
Installation Notes contains vital information about installing Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 -- Development System for Windows and the Internet, and its family of development products. Information in this file may apply to all or a number of the products shipped in the Visual Studio suite. This Readme updates information provided in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library Visual Studio 6.0 documentation.

The entire Installation Notes are in the file, Install.htm. This file is installed during setup in the Visual Studio 6.0 directory. Please see the "References" section for other parts of the Installation Notes.



MORE INFORMATION
This article lists known setup issues related to computers with non-U.S. versions of Microsoft programs. The following topics are in this article:
 * Special Installation Instructions for Computers with Non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
 * BiDi Systems Must Have Localized Version of Internet Explorer 4.0 SP 1 Before English Visual Studio 6.0 Is Installed.
 * NEC PC 98 Installation Issue.

Special installation instructions for computers with non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer
If you are installing this version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a non-U.S. version of Windows NT 4.0, you must first install the appropriate language version of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.

To install this version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a computer that uses an international version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must install the appropriate language version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The international versions of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 are available from the following locations:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

The international versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x are available from:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

BiDi systems must have localized version of Internet Explorer 4.0 SP1 before English Visual Studio 6.0 is installed
Before installing the English version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a system that is configured with a bidirectional (BiDi) character set, such as Hebrew or Arabic, you first must install the localized version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1.

The international versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x are available from:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

NEC PC 98 installation issue
On NEC PC98's where the C drive is a floppy disk, place a formatted floppy disk in the drive if you get the following error:

Cannot read drive \Device\Floppy0:

Make sure that the drive door is closed and that the disk is properly formatted. Then, proceed with installation.

