Microst Visual Studio 6 Problems.

[Tasha]

Hi, I was installing MSVS6 and after I selected the programs I wanted (All of them) It came up with an error "Couldn't Find ACME Setup." And then another recommending I restarted the installation, I restarted 3 times, and it had the same error every time.

Does anybody have any thoughts why I can't install it?

[Falcon[anti-yL]]

Wrong forum
Where did you get your VB studio?

[UserLoser.]

Hi, I was installing MSVS6 and after I selected the programs I wanted (All of them) It came up with an error "Couldn't Find ACME Setup." And then another recommending I restarted the installation, I restarted 3 times, and it had the same error every time.

Does anybody have any thoughts why I can't install it?

Can you continue the installation and just ignore the error?

[K]

Are you running Windows XP with SP2?

I have heard of issues installing VS6 with SP2 installed.  My suggestion would be to uninstall SP2, try installing again, and then reinstall SP2.

I also ran into this, but I don't know why it would matter:

I have windows xp pro sp(2) installed on my system. sp is also updated from the microsoft site. recently i tried to install visual studio 6.0 but soon after the installation starts it stops with an error - acme setup not found. can someone help on this problem

Create a new c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt file with the following contents:

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@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3


It seems that the WinXP SP2 install removes this file. Go figure.

good luck!

[Mephisto]

I wonder why SP2 seems to cause so many problems with software.  What did Microsoft change to cause such problems to arise?  lol

[Tasha]

Wrong forum
Where did you get your VB studio?

A friend sent it to me.

Justin, it shows that error then gives me "Visit http://www.microsoft.com/msdn for FAQ" or something.

And thanks, K i'll try that.