Microsoft KB Archive/149460

= BUG: 16-Bit Setup Does Not Detect a 32-Bit Installation =

Article ID: 149460

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q149460



SYMPTOMS
The 16-bit Visual Basic setup program does not detect a previously installed 32-bit Visual Basic installation.



CAUSE
The 16-bit setup program does not detect a directory with a long file name, and therefore cannot find the 32-bit Visual Basic installation.



RESOLUTION
Select the Custom option for the 16-bit Visual Basic setup program and select the short file name version of the directory containing the 32-bit Visual Basic installation.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this issue and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Install the 32-bit version of Visual Basic into the default directory. The default directory is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Basic.
 * 2) Install the 16-bit version of Visual Basic. Note that the setup program recommends C:\VB as the default directory instead of the directory containing the 32-bit Visual Basic installation.

Keywords: kbbug kbsetup kbpending KB149460

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