PRB: VS 6 Needs Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1, New Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Visual Studio, Professional Edition 6.0
• Microsoft Visual J++, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0
• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If you have Internet Explorer 4.01 installed and run the setup program for any of the Visual Studio applications, setup will force installation of Internet Explorer Service Pack 1. If you already have this service pack installed, setup will force an installation of Virtual Machine for Java.

CAUSE

A dialog box in setup states that Internet Explorer 4.01 is needed; however, what is actually required is Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 1 and a version of Virtual Machine for Java more recent than that provided in version 4.01 Service Pack 1.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Setup looks for version 4.72.3110.8 or higher of Internet Explorer 4 in Windows NT and 4.72.3110 or higher in Windows 95/98.


Setup also requires a more recent version of Virtual Machine for Java than is included in Internet Explorer Service Pack 1. This more recent version is included in the version of Internet Explorer installed with Visual Studio, so setup will not need to install Virtual Machine for Java separately if you installed Internet Explorer from Visual Studio (or any of the developer tools included in Visual Studio).
NOTE 1: The new Virtual Machine for Java is the only difference between the version of Internet Explorer on the 6.0 developer tools CD-ROMs and the Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 available elsewhere.

Note 2: You can install Internet Explorer separately from the setup wizard. To do so, go to the IE4 directory on the first CD-ROM of a 6.0 developer tool (such as Visual Studio 6.0) and run Ie4setup.exe. Visual Studio 6.0 setup should detect that Internet Explorer and Virtual Machine for Java have been installed and will not attempt to install them. There is, however, an extremely rare bug that causes setup to fail to detect Internet Explorer. For additional information on that bug, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q190798 BUG: Visual Studio 6.0 Setup Fails to Detect IE Version

Additional query words: kbDSupport

Keywords          : kbsetup 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0; winnt:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: April 21, 1999