Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

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.

• 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	SHA1 Hash	Size
Vs6sp6.exe	2292437a8967349261c810ae8b456592eeb76620	60.82 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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  • Before starting the download, create a download directory on your computer. If your internet connection is less than 300K, it is recommended that you run the multi-part download by following the "More Information" link at the upper right, then clicking "Download Now."
  
  
  
  • Click "Download" to begin downloading the single download. 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.
  
  
  
  • Run the file 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.
  
  
  
  • 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.