Article ID: 259064
Article Last Modified on 2/16/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q259064
SYMPTOMS
When you install Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 on a hard disk that has Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows 2000 installed on the same partition, you may receive the following (or similar) error message:
In fact, several dynamic link library (.dll) files cannot register themselves in the system registry. Other error messages refer to the following .dll files:
Msdaps.dll
Msdatt.dll
Oledb32.dll
Msador15.dll
Msadrh15.dll
Msado15.dll
Msdaora.dll
Msadds.dll
Msadce.dll
Msadco.dll
Msprst.dll
At the end of the installation, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when Windows 2000 is installed on the same partition as Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition. The \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared folder is overwritten with newer versions of these files.
RESOLUTION
We recommend that you divide the hard disk into multiple partitions, and then reinstall each operating system to a separate partition.
To install Visual Studio 6.0 without repartitioning your hard disk and reinstalling the operating system, you can perform the following steps. However, be aware that your operating system may still be unstable.
- Manually remove the incomplete Visual Studio 6.0 installation. For additional information about how to manually remove the incomplete installation, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
248347 How to prepare for and perform a clean installation of Visual Studio 6.0
- Download Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.5 or later from the following Web site: NOTE: MDAC version 2.5 is included with Windows 2000.
- Reinstall Visual Studio 6.0
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Install Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition. Then, install Windows 2000 to the same partition.
- Install Visual Studio 6.0.
REFERENCES
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
250456 How to manually remove Windows 2000 and restore Windows 95 or Windows 98
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