How To Install VB 4.0 on a Win32 System Without Running Setup

 Last reviewed: December 3, 1996
Article ID: Q150614
The information in this article applies to:
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

Under some circumstances, the 32-bit edition of Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 for Windows does not install on a Windows 95 or Windows NT system. This behavior is typically demonstrated by a failure to extract information from a .CAB file.

CAUTION: The method given in this article should ONLY be used as a last resort.

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Use one of the following methods to install Microsoft Visual Basic manually.

Standard Edition

  1. Copy the contents of the \VB directory from the CD-ROM to the \VB directory on your local hard drive. When you are finished, delete the \VB\System and \VB\MSApps from your local hard drive.

  2. Copy the contents of the \VB\SYSTEM directory from the CD-ROM to the \Windows\System directory on Windows 95 or the \Windows\System32 directory on your local hard drive.

  3. Copy the contents of the \VB\MSAPPS\DAO directory from the CD-ROM to the \DAO directory on your local hard drive. In Windows 95, the directory location is \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO. In Windows NT, the directory location is \Windows\MSApps\DAO.

  4. Make sure the following files are in the appropriate directories: 

          \VB                \DAO                \Windows\System   (Win95)
                                             \Windows\System32 (WinNT)
      -----------        -----------          -------------------------

      VB32.EXE           DAO2532.TLB          MFC40.DLL
      VB32.OLB           DAO3032.DLL          MSJINT32.DLL
      VBEXT32.OLB                             MSJTER32.DLL
      VBIDE32.DLL                             MSVCRT40.DLL
                                              OLEPRO32.DLL
                                              VBAJET32.DLL
                                              VBA232.DLL
                                              VBDB32.DLL
                                              VAEN232.DLL
                                              VEN2232.OLB
                                              ALL 32-BIT .OCX FILES
                                              (*32.OCX)

  5. Register the necessary files in your system registry by performing the following steps:

    a. Copy REGSVR32.EXE from the \TOOLS\PSS directory of the CD-ROM to your 

          \Windows directory.

    b. Open the Command prompt and go to your system directory. For 

          Windows 95, the location is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. For Windows NT, the
      location is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32. Type the following commands and press
      the ENTER key:


          RegSvr32 MFC40.DLL <Enter>
      RegSvr32 OLEPRO32.DLL <Enter>


          A message box appears after each command executes confirming that
      the file has been successfully registered.

    c. Change to the \DAO directory. For Windows 95, the location is 

          \Program Files\COMMON Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO. For Windows NT,
      the location is \Windows\MSAPPS\DAO. To specify a long file or
      directory name from the MS-DOS prompt, enclose the directory name in
      quotation marks as shown above. Enter the following command and press
      the ENTER key:


          RegSvr32 DAO3032.DLL

  6. Type "\VB\VB32.EXE" at the Command prompt and press the ENTER key.

    The 32-bit edition of Visual Basic 4.0 (\VB\VB32.EXE) now runs successfully.

Professional and Enterprise Editions

  1. Copy the contents of the \VB directory from the CD-ROM to the \VB directory on your local hard drive. When you are finished, delete the \VB\System and \VB\MSApps from your local hard drive.

  2. Copy the contents of the \VB\MSAPPS\DAO directory from the CD-ROM to the \DAO directory on your local hard drive. In Windows 95, the directory location is \Windows\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO. In Windows NT, the directory location is \Windows\MSApps\DAO.

  3. Copy the following files from the \VB\System directory of the CD-ROM to your \Windows\System directory on Windows 95 and the \Windows\System32 directory on Windows NT: 

          Windows 95 and Windows NT             Windows NT Only
      -------------------------             ---------------

      MFC40.DLL                             CTL3D32.dll
      MSJINT32.DLL
      MSJT3032.DLL
      MSJTER32.DLL
      MSVCRT40.DLL
      OLEPRO32.DLL
      VBAJET32.DLL
      VBA232.DLL
      VBDB32.DLL
      VAEN232.DLL
      VEN2232.OLB
      ALL 32-BIT .OCX FILES (*32.OCX)

  4. Expand the control licensing .REG file by running one of the following commands from the \SETUP directory of the CD-ROM in a Command prompt:

    Professional Edition: EXTRACT /L C:\VB /E VB4-6.CAB VBPRO.REG

    -or- 

       Enterprise Edition:   EXTRACT /L C:\VB /E VB4-6.CAB VBENT.REG

   If you cannot find this file, type one of the following commands from
   the \SETUP directory of the CD-ROM in a Command prompt:

   Professional Edition: EXTRACT /A /D VB4-1.CAB VBPRO.REG | MORE

   -or-

   Enterprise Edition:   EXTRACT /A /D VB4-1.CAB VBENT.REG | MORE

  5. Go to the Command prompt and change the default directory to the \SETUP directory of the CD-ROM. Enter one of the following commands to expand files from the CD-ROM:

    Professional Edition: 

          EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-13.CAB VBIDE32.DLL <Enter>
      EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-15.CAB VBEXT32.OLB <Enter>

    -or-

    Enterprise Edition: 

          EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-15.CAB VB32.EXE <Enter>
      EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-16.CAB VB32.OLB <Enter>
      EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-14.CAB VBIDE32.DLL <Enter>
      EXTRACT /L C:\VB  /E VB4-16.CAB VBEXT32.OLB <Enter>

  6. Make sure the following files are located in the appropriate directories: 

          \VB                ..\DAO              \Windows\System   (Win95)
                                             \Windows\System32 (WinNT)
      -----------        -----------          -------------------------

      VB32.EXE           DAO2532.TLB          MFC40.DLL
      VB32.OLB           DAO3032.DLL          MSJINT32.DLL
      VBEXT32.OLB                             MSJTER32.DLL
      VBIDE32.DLL                             MSVCRT40.DLL
                                              OLEPRO32.DLL
                                              VBAJET32.DLL
                                              VBA232.DLL
                                              VBDB32.DLL
                                              VAEN232.DLL
                                              VEN2232.OLB
                                              ALL 32-BIT .OCX FILES
                                             (*32.OCX)

  7. Register the necessary files in your system registry by performing the following steps:

    a. Copy REGSVR32.EXE from the \TOOLS\PSS directory of the CD-ROM to 

          your \Windows directory.

    b. Open the command prompt and go to your system directory. For 

          Windows 95, the location is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. For Windows NT, the
      location is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32. Type the following commands:


             RegSvr32 MFC40.DLL <Enter>
         RegSvr32 OLEPRO32.DLL <Enter>

      A message box appears after each command executes confirming that
      the file has been successfully registered.

   c. Change to the \DAO directory. For Windows 95, the location is
      \Program "Files\Command Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO". For Windows NT,
      the location is \Windows\MSAPPS\DAO. To specify a long file or
      directory name from the MS-DOS prompt, enclose the directory name
      in quotation marks as shown above. Enter the following command, and
      press the ENTER key:

         RegSvr32 DAO3032.DLL

   d. Change directories to the \VB directory. Run one of the following
      commands from the Command prompt:

      Professional Edition: RegEdit VBPRO.REG <Enter>

      -or-

      Enterprise Edition:   RegEdit VBENT.REG <Enter>

  8. Type "VB32.EXE" at the Command prompt and press the ENTER key.

    The 32-bit edition of Visual Basic 4.0 (\VB\VB32.EXE) now runs successfully.

Other dependency files may be required to be registered. Use RegSvr32.exe to register these files manually as you did in step 7. These dependencies are found in \vb4\setupkit\kitfil32\sw32tmpl.ini. The Register keyword specifies $(DLLSelfRegister) or $(EXESelfRegister) if the dependency requires registration.

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Last reviewed: December 3, 1996
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