HOWTO: Install a Visual Basic Application on Terminal Server

ID: Q194776

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, version 1.0

SUMMARY

When using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to install a Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 application on a Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server Client, the following error message may occur:

Cannot start main setup program!
(CreateProcess() returned error code 0x00000002H)

MORE INFORMATION

Although Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server is not a supported platform for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, an application created in Visual Basic 6.0 may be installed and will work on both the server and client editions of Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server. It may be necessary to modify path information before installing a Visual Basic 6.0 application using the Terminal Server client.

The error above can be avoided by modifying the path environment variable on the Terminal Server client to contain the exact path of the \Windows and \Windows\System directories. The following is an example of what the path should be set to:

C:\WTSVR\Profiles\[User]\Windows

and:

C:\WTSVR\Profiles\[User]\System32

where [User] is the username name for the user logged on to the Terminal Server client. The information would be entered into the path as a single line separated by a semicolon (;). The following steps demonstrate how to modify the path environment:

Step-by-Step Example

Open the Windows Control Panel.

Double-click the System icon, and click the Environment tab.

In the System Variables list, click Path.

In the Value box, add the necessary path information, as shown above, for both the \Windows and \Windows\System32 directories for the given user, and separate these two entries with a semicolon (;).

Click OK to exit the System Properties dialog box. The Visual Basic application should now install without the error message listed above.

REFERENCES

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

Q196201 INFO: Visual Basic Is Not Supported on Terminal Server

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbwizard kbAppSetup kbConfig kbNTOS kbVBp600 kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0; :1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto