VB 4.0 Doesn't Install on Older 32-Bit Operating System

 Last reviewed: May 16, 1996
Article ID: Q141881
The information in this article applies to:
  • Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After starting Setup.exe to install the 16-bit version of Visual Basic 4.0, you receive the following message: 

   This setup program is not intended to be used with this
   version of Windows.
After starting Setup.exe to install the 32-bit version of Visual Basic 4.0 you receive one of the following messages: 

   The 32-bit version of Visual Basic requires the released version of
   Windows NT 3.51.
or 

   The 32-bit version of Visual Basic requires the released version of
   Windows 95.
The setup program does not continue past this point.

CAUSE

Visual Basic 4.0 is designed to run only on the released versions of Windows 95 (build 950) and Windows NT 3.51 (build 1057) or later. Setup.exe gives you the preceding message if you try to install VB 4.0 on an earlier version of either operating system.

RESOLUTION

Upgrade your operating system to the released version of Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or later.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

On a machine running Windows NT 3.5 or earlier or a beta copy of Windows 95, run Setup.exe from the VB 4.0 CD-ROM, or disk 1.

Immediately after starting Setup.exe you will receive one of the error messages discussed above.

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
KBCategory: kbsetup
KBSubcategory: Setins

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Last reviewed: May 16, 1996
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