Will Windows 7 support the VB6 runtime?

Question

I can\'t seem to find a straight answer on this. It appears that Visual Studio 6 won\'t be supported, but I\'m only concerned with the runtime. We have some legacy apps that

Answer 1

Our primary software product which is written in VB6 and uses various older libraries installed and ran on Windows 7 Beta without any problems.

I have yet to see an official statement from Microsoft regarding support for VB6 in Windows 7. Ceasing runtime support for the millions of VB6 applications and libraries would make little sense for them commercially, considering how popular VB6 still is.

Answer 2

The Preview Beta does support VB6 programs, but this could mean nothing in terms of the retail release.

The IDE was supported in Vista's initial release but as indicated above "support" has expired.

It comes down to what you mean by "support" in different contexts, but programs run on the Win7 Beta and people claim the IDE can run there as well (though I haven't tested that myself).

Answer 3

VB6 is supported on Windows 8 and runs on Windows 10

Support statement for VB6 programming on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1

And VB6 programming runs on Windows 10 technical preview too. The runtime is included and the VB6 IDE installs OK.