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Just found a VBRun60.exe file in my Programs area. A little checking tells
me this is a Microsoft program for Visual Basic. Well and good.

How do I tell if I need this VBRun60 installed?
 
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In news:OoXEGPa$EHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
RB <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> typed:

> Just found a VBRun60.exe file in my Programs area. A little
> checking
> tells me this is a Microsoft program for Visual Basic. Well
> and good.
>
> How do I tell if I need this VBRun60 installed?


It's a self-installing executable that installs the run-time
library for Visual Basic 6. You don't need it, but you need the
files it installs if you run any VB6 programs. And you probably
need those because they were probably installed along with some
VB6 program. You should be able to delete VBRun60.exe once it's
run and done its installation (and presumably it has).

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Let me display my ignorance now---what does VB6 do for me as a function?
Just trying to figure out what it is and what it does. Maybe I've been
using it's features and I don't even know it.
 
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In news:%23jE%23Gaf$EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
RB <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> typed:

> Let me display my ignorance now---what does VB6 do for me as a
> function? Just trying to figure out what it is and what it
> does.
> Maybe I've been using it's features and I don't even know it.



Virtual Basic is a programming Language, and VB6 is a particular
release of that language. If you're not a programmer, it doesn't
do anything for you directly. The point here is that if you run a
program that somebody else has written in that language, you have
to have vbrun60.dll installed or else it won't work.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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I'm slightly curious as to why you're concerned about a little 1.038MB file
being installed on your PC.
If you're trying to save disk space, try running "RegSupreme" (
http://www.macecraft.com/ ) & see how much more obsolete/"does not exist"
stuff is sitting there doing nothing in your Registry alone! Bet you find
100+.

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johnf

> Just found a VBRun60.exe file in my Programs area. A little checking
> tells me this is a Microsoft program for Visual Basic. Well and good.
>
> How do I tell if I need this VBRun60 installed?
 
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}}} I'm slightly curious as to why you're concerned about a little 1.038MB
file
being installed on your PC. {{{

Not at all concerned about space saving. There were two things that got me
all excited about VBRun60.

1. It was sitting there uninstalled in an .exe file (I still don't know
why/how it got there). I normally install anything I download, so still
don't know how it got there, or why I hadn't installed it. They say
demential is a terrible thing to have, but I don't remember why.

2. I didn't recognize it.

So natch, started wondering what the critter is/was.
 
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Don't worry, I often suffer from what we call here "a Senior's moment"

There are penty of hits on Google for it, but in general, I remember back in
the dim days a VBRun (e.g. VBRUN100.DLL) was needed before you could run the
old WEP games package, so possibly it may be needed for a recent game you
installed?

I know for a fact that if you install WEP on XP it won't work, as it doesn't
exist in the XP package so you have to hunt elsewhere for VBRUN100.DLL, then
it works fine.


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johnf

> }}} I'm slightly curious as to why you're concerned about a little
> 1.038MB file
> being installed on your PC. {{{
>
> Not at all concerned about space saving. There were two things that
> got me all excited about VBRun60.
>
> 1. It was sitting there uninstalled in an .exe file (I still don't know
> why/how it got there). I normally install anything I download, so still
> don't know how it got there, or why I hadn't installed it. They say
> demential is a terrible thing to have, but I don't remember why.
>
> 2. I didn't recognize it.
>
> So natch, started wondering what the critter is/was.
 
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Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some bundled
in my XP program).

So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe this is
just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery. Such is life.
 
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I have in/uninstalled so many programs, but still only hve 100, 300, 400

There are many progs using that - you don't by any chance have "The Sims"
installed?


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johnf

> Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some
> bundled in my XP program).
>
> So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe this
> is just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery. Such
> is life.
 
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VB6 is not just for writing games - it can write other software performing
functions other than gaming.

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Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!


"RB" <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> wrote in message
news:OsQdZEq$EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some
bundled
> in my XP program).
>
> So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe this is
> just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery. Such is
life.
>
>
 
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Well, the solution's simple.
Cut & paste it to My Docs then wait & see which program stops working 🙂

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johnf

> VB6 is not just for writing games - it can write other software
> performing functions other than gaming.
>
> --
> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
>
>
> "RB" <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> wrote in message
> news:OsQdZEq$EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some
>> bundled in my XP program).
>>
>> So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe this
>> is just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery. Such
>> is life.
 
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None will stop working as this is a Run-Time Redistribution Pack which
installs Visual Basic run-time files required by all applications created
with Visual Basic 6.0. Once the files are installed deleting or moving this
file will have no effect 🙂

"johnf" <john_f@bigREMOVEpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:ubRXkC1$EHA.3028@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Well, the solution's simple.
> Cut & paste it to My Docs then wait & see which program stops working 🙂
>
> --
>
> johnf
>
>> VB6 is not just for writing games - it can write other software
>> performing functions other than gaming.
>>
>> --
>> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
>>
>>
>> "RB" <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> wrote in message
>> news:OsQdZEq$EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some
>>> bundled in my XP program).
>>>
>>> So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe this
>>> is just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery. Such
>>> is life.
>
>
 
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Well in that case, it makes RB's worries even simpler - according to your
advice, delete it.
I accept no responsibilty for any possible consequences.

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johnf

> None will stop working as this is a Run-Time Redistribution Pack which
> installs Visual Basic run-time files required by all applications
> created with Visual Basic 6.0. Once the files are installed deleting or
> moving this file will have no effect 🙂
>
> "johnf" <john_f@bigREMOVEpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:ubRXkC1$EHA.3028@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Well, the solution's simple.
>> Cut & paste it to My Docs then wait & see which program stops working 🙂
>> --
>>
>> johnf
>>
>>> VB6 is not just for writing games - it can write other software
>>> performing functions other than gaming.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
>>>
>>>
>>> "RB" <rbig@bellsouth.nosopam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OsQdZEq$EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Still a mystery. I don't use/have any games (unless there were some
>>>> bundled in my XP program).
>>>>
>>>> So still don't why the heck it was there. Oh well........ Maybe
>>>> this is just one of those things that will forever remain a mystery.
>>>> Such is life.
 
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