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Code center => Darwinbots Program Source Code => Topic started by: Botsareus on November 02, 2010, 06:09:39 PM

Title: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Botsareus on November 02, 2010, 06:09:39 PM

While I wait, I thought I'll share this:

How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?

Virtually Simple,

Get rid of all RichTextBox, IM mode, and Tab strip (located in options form) ActiveX controls.

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Panda on November 02, 2010, 06:17:20 PM

DB works fine for me on Windows 7.

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Botsareus on November 02, 2010, 06:24:00 PM

Panda, you have excellent luck.

However, people like this guy:

http://www.darwinbots.com/Forum/index.php/topic,3357.0.html

and me, have worse luck, unless the new code was updated since 2.44.1 and the problem was resolved...

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Shasta on November 02, 2010, 10:29:50 PM

DB2 runs fine on Vista/7. I've been meaning to put out a new installer. (I really will get around to it. Soon.) I've been developing on Windows 7 x64, trust me when I say it works. What you need is to install it with administrator privileges and place it some where out side of the program files folders. A good location is C:/Darwinbots2 or C:/Users/USERNAME/Darwinbots2

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Panda on November 03, 2010, 03:46:33 AM

I only did that so I could edit all the text files in there without starting notepad with admin priv.

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Numsgil on November 03, 2010, 01:04:21 PM

The guy in that thread, and you probably, need to run as administrator.  He said he was, but then he got errors indicating he wasn't.

In fact, fix all your problems easily:

1.  Hit the windows button on your keyboard
2.  Type in UAC and press enter
3.  Move that slider to Never notify.

You have now turned off all that privileges nonsense and everything will work fine.  Though now your computer is at risk of you doing stupid things to it.  But no more so that XP.  So don't do stupid things to it and you'll be fine.

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Panda on November 03, 2010, 01:12:24 PM

:( Ahhhhwwwwwwwww. I can't do any more stupid things on my computer then? :'(

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Numsgil on November 03, 2010, 01:17:58 PM

A bit of a sacrifice I know :P

Title: Re: How to make the vb6 executable of DB run on windows7?
Post by: Botsareus on November 26, 2010, 04:09:15 PM

ROFL, All I had to do was reboot.