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Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with Visual Source Safe 6.0d provides the latest updates to these products. It is recommended for all users of Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual Source Safe 6.0.

• This is a multi-part download of Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with Visual Source Safe 6.0d. Customers with broadband connections are encouraged to download the one-file version. See the Related Resources link.
  
  Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with Visual Source Safe 6.0d provides the latest updates to these products. It is recommended for all users of Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual Source Safe 6.0.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
VS6sp61.exe SHA1: 5214530772ee07635f580983769d5853267b510d	958 KB
VS6sp62.exe SHA1: ea49db2bb04c984cb15c6eb83cf16a0bb541fc19	27.41 MB
VS6sp63.exe SHA1: f834305f98953e0ef65447ad9f1d0049d0928371	9.58 MB
VS6sp64.exe SHA1: 7b404e9565c4c2b175f140f9a19ea9281f850f30	9.55 MB
VS6sp65.exe SHA1: e67ea8eccdd6283d8fce8749da96f22809af810f	4.52 MB
Vs6sp6S1.exe SHA1: d661cee765cb64a2c4333d1883891fac7e4bbfa5	2.74 MB
Vs6sp6S2.exe SHA1: 99d840bde66cabd219300ae2247722d0c7093882	3.28 MB
Vs6sp6S3.exe SHA1: ad298cbf68e5b22bf966c3bcd2e4eaa557451350	3.01 MB

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  • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 or later
    This is the same version MDAC that is installed by the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and can be found here.
  
  
  • Internet Explorer 5 or later is recommended.
    The latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is available here.
  
  

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  1. Before starting the download, create a download directory on your
     computer. You must download each file for the setup program to function.
     
  
  
  2. Click on each of the links under Files in this Download to begin downloading.
     When prompted by the download software, choose the option Save this program to disk and click OK. Then select the directory you created on your computer.
     
  
  
  3. Run the file(s) below from the download directory. When prompted, select the same directory you created on your computer. You will be expanding the contents of the EXE into this directory.
     
  
  
  4. Run SetupSP6.exe from the download directory. When you accept the terms of the electronic End User License Agreement (EULA) the setup software will replace the appropriate files in your Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 and/or Visual Source Safe installation.