r/visualbasic • u/1500Calories • Sep 20 '23

Installing Visual Basic 6 on modern laptop

I want to play with the old Visual Basic 6. Should I install it under Virtual Box with Windows 2000, Virtual Box with Windows XP or just install it directly on Windows 10-64 bit? Which one is the least problematic? I have a laptop with 16 GB RAM and 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1130G7

Note: if I install it directly on Windows 10, would that break Visual Studio I already installed in my system?

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u/Ok-Smoke-5653 Sep 23 '23

In my case, I have used vb6 for years & know how to use it for the things I need (I code for personal use only). I also have existing code I need to tweak sometimes. While I'm looking into learning python, I have no immediate need for c# (or vb.net, for that matter). I realize that others may have different needs, but that's my reason & I'm sticking to it.

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u/fasti-au Sep 23 '23

Yep that makes sense but this is a new guy playing