Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: peter.lawton@blueyonder.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: 64 bit Windows install difficulty Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:46:36 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 36 Message-ID: <18541481.801.1332258396730.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbgx21> References: <29481981.185.1331853938104.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbgx21> <158540.17.1332077036726.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbhv6> <31017545.1291.1332096428383.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbfy7> <18433174.4307.1332144455764.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlt15> <26795801.2392.1332162041006.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbkc1> <14127446.381.1332176755304.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbp15> <18949830.2160.1332197425379.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbux23> NNTP-Posting-Host: 92.232.145.51 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1332259201 8274 127.0.0.1 (20 Mar 2012 16:00:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:00:01 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=92.232.145.51; posting-account=uqyxUAoAAABcSS4a_YJ2TIruE4RM57ct User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 3210 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1007 On Tuesday, 20 March 2012 10:29:56 UTC, Mike Williams wrote: > wrote in message=20 > news:18949830.2160.1332197425379.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbux23... >=20 > > Your experiment on your wife's computer - where was the > > VB5 application residing? Was it in Program files (x86)? >=20 > Initially it was in a folder on the desktop, just as a quick test, and it= =20 > worked fine there. I then placed it into a folder in Program Files (X86) = and=20 > it worked fine there as well. The important thing is that, wherever it wa= s,=20 > the msvbvm50.dll was in the same folder with it....(snip)=20 OK.=20 msvbmvm50.dll and "install.exe" are aimed the same folder on unzip of the i= nstall package. I'll have to ask the user if in his case this is actually h= appening - if he can find them both in the "temp" folder. > I think it would be best to stay away from batch files anyway for such=20 > purposes because Windows itself can cause problems when you use a batch f= ile=20 > to run a compiled exe...(snip) I've taken that on board, Mike, and am hoping the VB6 version of install.ex= e will render the batch file solution unnecessary. I was interested to see that opening the VB5 file in the VB6 IDE produced n= o message or obvious upgrade attempt. I just made the .exe as normal and ha= ve pasted it over the previous VB5 .exe in the install folder where I keep = the files to be zipped into the install package. Thanks for your support.=20 Peter