FIX: "Error loading SETUPAPI.DLL" Installing VB5CCE on NT 3.51

ID: Q161831


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0


SYMPTOMS

If you try to install the Control Creation Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 onto a workstation based on Windows NT 3.51, the following error message appears:

Error loading SETUPAPI.DLL


CAUSE

The original release of Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and its service packs do not distribute this DLL. Setupapi.dll is in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 distribution set.


STATUS

This problem has been fixed in Microsoft Windows 98.


MORE INFORMATION

The system requirements for the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0 are:

  • Personal computer with a 486 or higher processor running Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 or later


  • 12 MB of memory (16 MB recommended) if running Windows 95


  • 12 MB (16 MB recommended) if running Windows NT Workstation


  • VGA or higher-resolution monitor (Super VGA recommended)


  • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device


Setupapi.dll is required for the installation of the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0 onto a Windows NT based system. Note that it is not necessary for Windows 95.


REFERENCES

For more information on the Control Creation Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 and other versions of Microsoft Visual Basic, go to our Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic.

Additional query words: kbSetUp VbCCE kbVBp kbVBp500 kbWinOS98fixz kbdsd

Keywords : kbGrpVB
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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: January 5, 2000
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