Does the VB6 IDE run on Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit?
Speaking from experience (I run VB6 almost every day in Windows 7 - 64 bit), there is no problem getting it running, in fact you do not have to run it in any kind of compatability mode. There are a couple of Caveats though:
- Use the installer from a recent (within 5 years) version of the MSDN.
- Install VB6 before installing any other Visual Studio product.
- Turn off UAC, VB6 will not run with UAC running.
- I have not successfully gotten the old MSDN Help Installed, so I wouldn't bother wasting time trying to get that installed.
Folks on the VB6 newsgroup report they have managed to get it working on Windows 7 64 bit.
There's this step-by-step guide on how to install the IDE on Windows 7 (including 64 bit).
If that doesn't work (scrapes barrel) try this old tip about persuading the install not to install the Java VM?
Or (scrapes hole in barrel) these tips from an article about getting the IDE working on Vista?
Footnote: if developing with ADO, be aware of this.
Not sure about 64 bit, but I recently had to install the VB 6 IDE on Windows 7 (32 bit) and couldn't get the installer to run. I ended up using Windows XP Compatibility Mode (essentially a virtual pc) and was able to install and use VB 6 on the virtual image. It was a bit of a pain to configure, but once I got it working it ran fine.