why does windows installer start up everytime i start up visual basic 6

Question

it starts up windows installer with random applications on my machine . . after i click cancel a few times, it loads vb6 fine.

any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

This was also happned to me. Whenever i tried to open vb6, it started windows installer to configure "Autocad". Autocad had not broken. and it was working fine. I tried removing and reinstalling Windows Installer, But it did not solved the issue.

Then i installed Microsoft's "Windows Installer Clean Up Utility 2" from given link. Using this utility i removed the autocad from "Windows Installers" Database. After that VB6 never started installer again.

Keep in mind 'removing any entry from installer's database may be risky, but i had no choice. So do it on your own risk.

Download "Windows Installer Clean Up Utility 2" (this is a deprecated, unsupported and unsafe tool to use - Aug.2017. I will leave the link in for "historical purposes", don't use it).