Microsoft Visual C ++: msdev. EXE application error occurs when the file is opened in vc6.0.

A friend who has used Microsoft Visual C ++ 6.0 may have had this experience: You can use vc6.0 to create files and projects, or open a workspace, but cannot open files. When the file is opened, the msdev. EXE application error dialog box is displayed. I have unfortunately encountered such an issue today.

I have been using vc6.0 to write programs. Although vs2008 has been installed on my computer and will be used occasionally, I am still using vc6.0 for a long time. But unfortunately, he fooled me once today. I have prepared a weekly report for preparing for the day and night. As a result, when I opened my program with vc6.0, such a dialog box pops up unfortunately.

Cause:

This is because vc6.0 is incompatible with Microsoft Office 2007. Because I want to draw a flowchart, I had a Microsoft Office Visio 2007 earlier, but I was dumb and had to figure it out for a long time.

Solution:
(1.exe first download a filetool.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc60ent/s1/6.0/w9xnt4/en-us/filetool.exe), download first extract. Method: double-click the file to bring up the following dialog box

Specifies the storage path of the extracted files. Click unzip. It will automatically generate a file named filetool in the folder you specified.

(2) open this file. It is a C ++ original file and needs to be compiled using VC to generate a filetool. dll. Method: Open your vc6.0, click tool> File> open workspace, and select filetool. DSW under the filetool file. Press F5 (build) or start debugging on the toolbar. It automatically compiles a filetool. dll file. This file is stored in the debug folder under the filetool folder.
(3) Copy filetool. DLL to X: \ Program Files \ Microsoft Visual Studio \ common \ msdev98 \ addins
(4) Reopen vc6, choose tools> Custom> additional items and macro files, and select filetool developer studio add-in. (The English version is tools-> Customize-> add-ins and macro files. Select filetool developer studio add-in ).
Open vc6 with a floating toolbar (a o). Click a to add the file to the project, and click o to open the file. You can use this floating toolbar later.

Note:

It is said that Microsoft has already stopped the maintenance and upgrade of VC ++ 6.0, and no longer makes improvements to the incompatibility issues. Instead, it has implemented a plug-in. As a result, vc6.0 is outdated. I have decided to remove vc6.0. We recommend that you replace the VC ++. Net version with vs2008 and vs2010.