Does the VB6 IDE run on Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit?

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Speaking from experience (I run VB6 almost every day in Windows 7 – 64 bit), there is no problem getting it running, in fact you do not have to run it in any kind of compatability mode. There are a couple of Caveats though:

  1. Use the installer from a recent (within 5 years) version of the MSDN.
  2. Install VB6 before installing any other Visual Studio product.
  3. Turn off UAC, VB6 will not run with UAC running.
  4. I have not successfully gotten the old MSDN Help Installed, so I wouldn’t bother wasting time trying to get that installed.

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