Install VB6 IDE and Access97 on W11 ARM version 1

[wires]

Greetings! Does anyone know if it is possible to install the VB6 IDE and Office 97 or at least Access 97 on Windows 11 ARM?

I'm looking for a good recipe!

 

[Gabor526]

Hi!
I've managed to install VB6 on W11 Arm from a Visual Studio CD - circa 1997- on an M3 Mac running Parallels Deskop 20.
Some of this is from vbforums.com, some of it is from FejLynTech on YT.

Step 1: Make a copy of your installation cd on the hard disk.
Step 2: Open the file Setupwiz in Notepad and modify the file: "VMPath=ie4/msjavx86.exe" to "VMPath=" (so, delete the ie4/msjavx86exe part from that line). Save.
Step 3: Copy the file setup/VS98ENT.STF and rename it to acmsetup.STF. (Note: this may be VS98PRO.STF, etc. depending on the edition)
Step 4: Now, copy the entire content of setup/ to the root folder of the copied CD. (the folder that has acmboot.exe file)
Step 5: Right click acmsetup.exe and set Compatibility mode to WinXP SP3
Step 6: Run the acmsetup.exe instead of setup (the one that’s on the same path as acmboot.exe)
Choose custom setup and uncheck everything you don't absolutely need.
Good luck!

 

[wires]

Thanks for the recipe!
Unfortunately it didn't work with my Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition. I did get further than before but it just sits on "Setup is updating you system", basically forever.
I unchecked everything that could be unchecked.

MacBook Pro M4 Max
Parallels 20
Windows 11 Pro 24H2

 

[Gabor526]

Thanks for the recipe!
Unfortunately it didn't work with my Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition. I did get further than before but it just sits on "Setup is updating you system", basically forever.
I unchecked everything that could be unchecked.

MacBook Pro M4 Max
Parallels 20
Windows 11 Pro 24H2

That happened to me as well. Just force quitted the installer, restarted the VM and everything works fine ever since.