Make VB6 Action can't find VB6.exe

[dhollman]

For some reason VBP can't automatically locate VB6.exe. But it is in the usual / default location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\VB6.EXE

What factors determine how that locator process works? Why might this fail?

Thanks

[kinook]

The Make VB6 action looks for the default value under the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualBasic.Project\shell\Make\c ommand

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualBasic.Project\shell\open\c ommand

and if found, strips off anything following .exe and uses that filename for the VB6 executable.

You may need to repair or reinstall VB6 if this isn't working.

[dhollman]

My registry has "Visual Basic Project" instead of "VisualBasic.Project". Strange.

VB6 works fine otherwise.

Thanks

[kinook]

In v10.0, the Make VB6 action will also look for the associated executable if not found under the previously mentioned locations.

[dmurty]

Trying to use VBPro to build on Windows Server 2016 box and get the error:
Unable to determine VB compiler location
If I run vb6 IDE it is able to compile without any issues.

So what can I do to resolve this or what can I do to try and see what the issue is?

Thanks,
Damien

[kinook]

See above and

https://kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Manual/makevb6actionoptionstab.htm