Could not start visual basic

When I try to start my visual basic to open a project it doesnt seem to be working and keep prompting a error 'VB6EXT.OLB' could not be register. What does that mean? Need helps on this matter, thanks

3 Answers

Just Right Click on VB6.exe and CLick On Run As Administrator.. Hope It works

VBE6EXT.OLB is the Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility Library. That filename seems to indicate that you're dealing with version 5.3, which apparently shipped with Microsoft Office 2000. It would seem your VB6 project is an Office Automation project then?

Google turns up the following links, which may be helpful:

• BUG: Interface methods in the VBA Extensibility Library (VBE) are changed
• PRB: Visual Studio Setup program may include Office OLB files in setup list

Neither seems to directly answer your question, but they seem like a good place to start.

Since Visual Basic 6 (and Microsoft Office 2000 as well) hit end-of-life well before Windows Vista was released, there may be a fundamental conflict between them. You might be better off trying to develop your application on an older version of Windows.

This just happened to me (literally seconds ago) and I came HERE first stop.

I was looking for THE answer. As it happened, MS-Office 2010 offered to repair the problem... ... and, skeptically, I accepted.

To my astonishment I was soon greeted by my FAVOURITE splash screen in the world - I've got my Rubberduck

Anyway, I'm relieved the Auto Fix worked...