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In an era of .NET 9, Visual Studio 2022, and cloud-native development, the question inevitably arises: Why install a 28-year-old IDE on the latest Windows operating system?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
Navigate to:
At about 15% installation, a popup says: "Setup cannot find the necessary files for Remote Data Services (RDS). Do you want to continue?"
| Approach | Stability | Effort | Recommendation | |----------|-----------|--------|----------------| | Native on Win11 | Low | High | ❌ Not recommended | | Windows XP VM | High | Medium | ✅ Best for production | | Dual-boot WinXP | High | High | ⚠️ Only for hardware access | install visual studio 6.0 on windows 11
Do double-click SETUP.EXE yet. Instead:
(they are incompatible with Windows 11): In an era of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Visual Basic\6.0
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