BUG: Removing VC Prior to Installing VS6 SP1 Results in Failure (195667)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition 6.0
This article was previously published under Q195667 SYMPTOMS
If you have Visual C++ 6.0 installed as part of Visual Studio 6.0 and
remove Visual C++ 6.0 prior to installing Visual Studio Service Pack 1, the
subsequent installation of Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 1 will fail with
the following error:
Because setup did not detect any Visual Studio 6.0 products on your
system, the service pack will not be installed.
CAUSE
When you remove Visual C++, you also remove a value within the registry
that Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 1 uses to detect if Visual Studio is
installed. Visual C++ removes the registry value VSCommonDir under
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\. This value
contains the full path of your Visual Studio common directory.
IMPORTANT: The registry key is noted as information. Modification of the
registry is strongly not recommended.
RESOLUTION
To regenerate this registry key you need to do one of the following:
- Reinstall Visual Studio 6.0.
- Install another product in the Visual Studio suite (for example, Visual
Basic).
- Reinstall Visual C++ 6.0.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/18/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB195667 |
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