Installing Visual Basic 6.0 in Windows 7 (32/64)

-Even though my OS is Windows 7, I still need to fire up Visual Basic 6.0. Just Follow the steps below to run your visual basic 6.0 smoothly in Win 7 or Vista-

1) Create a 0-byte file in C:\Windows 

2.Go to visual basic 6.0 installer and run SETUP.exe as ADMINISTRATOR , if there's warning compatibility just click RUN.

3.SELECT, CUSTOM setup then click next , on the custom setup option , install only the following below and nothing else.
              *Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
              *Active X
              *Data Access
              *Graphics
and click continue and the installation will start and complete.

4.Skip the installations of the MSDN CD, Back Office and SNA server , and uncheck the checkbox for "register now"

5.Final steps to make visual basic run very smoothly under win 7. Go to  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98 , right clicking the VB6.exe ,and select PROPERTIES, go to COMPATIBILITY tab , check the following:
            *Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
            *Disable Visual Themes
            *Disable Desktop Composition
            *Disable display scaling on high DPI Settings and your "DONE"

-Enjoy :)