Microsoft KB Archive/260118

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FIX: VS6 SP4 BETA: Six Files Are Not Installed by Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 4 Beta

Q260118



The information in this article applies to:


  • Visual Studio SP4 Beta





SYMPTOMS

Six files are not installed by Visual Studio Service Pack 4 build 8796:

  • Enablesimd.reg
  • Disablesimd.reg
  • Masmref.doc
  • Setup.exe
  • Ppreadme.htm
  • Detect.dsp



RESOLUTION

Install the Visual Studio Service Pack 4 release-to-market version.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 build 8796. This bug was corrected in the release-to-market version of Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4. 'For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q258648 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4, What, Where, Why

Q258649 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 Is Installed

You can download Visual Studio Service Pack 4 from the following Microsoft Web site:

Visual Studio Product Updates



MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Install Windows NT 4 Server, ENU (English) version.




Install the complete Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, ENU version.




Install Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3, ENU version.




Install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 4, build 8796.




Take a snapshot (inventory) of installed files for comparison by a comparative program, such as Diff.




Install Visual C++ 6.0 Processor Pack build 8793.




Take snapshot #2.




Compare the two snapshots.



RESULT: Six files are not installed by Visual Studio Service Pack 4:

  • Enablesimd.reg
  • Disablesimd.reg
  • Masmref.doc
  • Setup.exe
  • Ppreadme.htm
  • Detect.dsp



REFERENCES

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Contributions by Chris Wojahn, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words: sp4

Keywords : kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp4bug
Issue type : kbbug
Technology : kbVSsearch


Last Reviewed: November 7, 2000
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