INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 6 of 7-Issues Related to Computers with Non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Programs

ID: Q217096

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0

SUMMARY

Installation Notes contains vital information about installing Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 -- Development System for Windows and the Internet, and its family of development products. Information in this file may apply to all or a number of the products shipped in the Visual Studio suite. This Readme updates information provided in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library Visual Studio 6.0 documentation.

The entire Installation Notes are in the file, Install.htm. This file is installed during setup in the Visual Studio 6.0 directory. Please see the REFERENCES section for other parts of the Installation Notes.

MORE INFORMATION

This article lists known setup issues related to computers with non-U.S. versions of Microsoft programs. The following topics are in this article:

Special Installation Instructions for Computers with Non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer

BiDi Systems Must Have Localized Version of Internet Explorer 4.0 SP 1 Before English Visual Studio 6.0 Is Installed

NEC PC 98 Installation Issue

Special Installation Instructions for Computers with Non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you are installing this version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a non-U.S. version of Windows NT 4.0, you must first install the appropriate language version of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.

To install this version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a computer that uses an international version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must install the appropriate language version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The international versions of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 are available from the following locations:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

The international versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x are available from:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

BiDi Systems Must Have Localized Version of Internet Explorer 4.0 SP 1 Before English Visual Studio 6.0 Is Installed

Before installing the English version of Visual Studio 6.0 on a system that is configured with a bidirectional (BiDi) character set, such as Hebrew or Arabic, you first must install the localized version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1.

The international versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x are available from:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com

NEC PC 98 Installation Issue

On NEC PC98's where the C drive is a floppy disk, place a formatted floppy disk in the drive if you get the following error:

Cannot read drive \Device\Floppy0:

Make sure that the drive door is closed and that the disk is properly formatted. Then, proceed with installation.

REFERENCES

For the additional parts of the Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217091 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 1 of 7-Installation Instructions for Visual Studio Programs

Q217092 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 2 of 7-Installing Server-Side Components

Q217093 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 3 of 7-Configuring for Debugging

Q217094 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 4 of 7-Issues Specific to Windows 9x Computers

Q217095 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 5 of 7-Notes Impacting Other Installed Programs

Q217097 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 7 of 7-Data Access SDK 2.0

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Version : WINDOWS:6.0
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