BUG: Uninstalling VB 5.0 via VB 6.0 Removes All ODBC DSNs

ID: Q189839

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Uninstalling Visual Basic 5.0 via Visual Basic 6.0's installation will remove all ODBC DSNs from your machine.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdse kbODBC kbVBp600bug kbVS600 kbSetup kbVBp500bug

Keywords : kbGrpVBDB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug