DOC: Visual Basic 6.0 Applications Cannot Be Run on NT 3.51

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
  on the following platforms: NT 3.51

SYMPTOMS

MORE INFORMATION

Attempting to run an application created with Visual Basic 6.0 on a machine with Windows NT 3.51 installed, results in the following error:

Wrong version of operating system, Requires Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381
with Service Pack 3 or above), or Windows 95 (build 708 or above)

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q189834 : INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Does Not Install on Windows NT 3.51

SUMMARY

Visual Basic 6.0 applications cannot run on the Windows NT 3.51 platform. The Visual Basic 6.0 run-time libraries check for the version of the running operating system; if the Windows NT 3.51 operating system is recognized, the application will not be allowed to start.

The documentation under Section "System Requirements for Visual Basic Applications" in Appendix A "Visual Basic Specifications, Limitations and File Formats" of "Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide", states that Visual Basic 6.0 applications can run on Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, this is incorrect.

Please refer to the correct system requirements at the back of the Visual Basic 6.0 software package.

Additional query words: kbDSupport

Keywords : kbdocerr kbNTOS kbVBp600 kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb