Installing VisualC++ Version 5.0?

[Guest]

I installed VisualC++ Version 5.0 on XP Home SP2.

The Info/Help doesn't work. I get the "The page cannot be displayed" page.
I'm moving from a W95 installation, where VC V5.0 worked fine.
On the CD it says that it runs on W95 and Windows NT Workstation.

Is it reasonable to expect it to work on XP?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

It's possible that V.Studio replaced some system files in SP2. Insert the Windows XP CD and run SFC /Scannow to restore the correct versions of the system files. I have V.Studio 6.0 installed in a XP SP1 system, and no problems found here. Perhaps you may check with the appropriate forum to know if v5.0 is compatible with XP.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I installed VisualC++ Version 5.0 on XP Home SP2.

The Info/Help doesn't work. I get the "The page cannot be displayed" page.
I'm moving from a W95 installation, where VC V5.0 worked fine.
On the CD it says that it runs on W95 and Windows NT Workstation.

Is it reasonable to expect it to work on XP?

 

[Admiral Q]

You need VS 6.0 (VC++ 6.0) with SP5 or higher to develop and run properly on
XP - although SP6 is needed is SP2 for XP is installed.