Troubleshoot vc++6.0 and office incompatibilities under Win7

After you install Visual C + + 6.0 under Windows7, if you install Microsoft Office at the same time, an exception occurs when you open the file, causing VC6 to crash.

Microsoft has solved the problem for us and developed a plugin (FileTool.dll) to help us solve this problem. Http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241396/en-us#appliesto

Specific methods:

1, download FileTool.exe, and unzip. Http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241396/en-us, which is a self-extracting file, double-click Unzip, note unzip the directory)

2. Open VC6.0, click "File-Open Workspace", select the filetool.dsw just extracted, and determine

3. Click "Build-Build FileTool.dll." "Generate FileTool.dll files (generated FileTool.dll files in the Debug folder under Filetool, you can also download ready-made FileTool.dll files)

4. Copy the generated FileTool.dll files to the ADDINS folder under the installation directory, such as D:\VC6CN\COMMON\MSDEV98\ADDINS,

5. Click "Tools-make" in VC6.0, and in the "Make" dialog box that appears, click on the add-ONS and Macro Files tab.

6. Click Browse, locate the DLL file that you just generated, click Open, and then close (Note the file type selected Add_ins (. dll) or all files (*. *) When adding

7. After success appears Filetool Developer Studio add-in tick after point off

If unsuccessful, there is an error unable to register this add-in because its DllRegisterServer returnan error, the solution is as follows:

A, Win7 under the Administrator (Administrator) login, in the Start menu in the search box enter the cmd carriage return, you can see the console program, and then right-click, select "Run as Administrator", you get administrator rights. Or go into C:\Windows\System32 and find Cmd.exe right--run as Administrator

b, use the registration command in the pop-up command Window regsvr32.exe "Add-in.dll" For example: if the installation directory in the C-drive, only enter the quotation marks in the command, into the C-disk directory

C, then enter the command: C:\>regsvr32.exe "C:\VC6CN\COMMON\MSDEV98\ADDINS\FileTool.dll"

8. After the success, at this time the VC interface will appear a toolbar with only two icons, you can drag and drop it to the location you think it is appropriate, then close VC6.0 and restart the program

At this point, the function is completed, but there is a bit of work later, in fact, ignore it can also, is the shortcut key to open the file ctl+ O to deal with, if you do not have to, you can no matter, to this OK. If you want to see it, go ahead.

9. Or click "Tools-make" in VC6.0

10. Click the "Keyboard" tab in the "Make" dialog box

11. Select file from the drop-down menu box in the category

12. Select FileOpen in the Commands window

13. Select the Ctrl+o entry in the "Current Key" window and click "Remove"