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I am going to be upgrading my workstation from 2000 to XP and I need to reinstall a custom program on the new PC. Unfortunately, I don't have the installation files, so I'm having to do the job manually, which seems to be a matter of simply copying over the program files, adding a couple of registry keys and copying over and registering the system DLLs it uses if they're not installed. I was a little worried that there might be problems given that the DLLs are stored in a different location in XP, so I tested it on my home PC and all seemed to go well except that I couldn't register VB6stkit.dll. I get the error message &quot;VB6stkit.dll was loaded but the DLLRegisterserver entry point was not found.&quot;<br />
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I don't have VB6 installed, but the file is required for this software. Is there any way around this?
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I am going to be upgrading my workstation from 2000 to XP and I need to reinstall a custom program on the new PC. Unfortunately, I don't have the installation files, so I'm having to do the job manually, which seems to be a matter of simply copying over the program files, adding a couple of registry keys and copying over and registering the system DLLs it uses if they're not installed. I was a little worried that there might be problems given that the DLLs are stored in a different location in XP, so I tested it on my home PC and all seemed to go well except that I couldn't register VB6stkit.dll. I get the error message "VB6stkit.dll was loaded but the DLLRegisterserver entry point was not found."

I don't have VB6 installed, but the file is required for this software. Is there any way around this?

Registering VB6stkit.dll during manual program install

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.

Microsoft Legacy OS

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

Installation is the act of making a computer program program ready for execution. Because the process varies programs often come with a specialized program responsible for doing whatever is needed for their installation. Installation may be part of a larger software deployment process. Cross platform installer builders that produce installers for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux include InstallAnywhere, InstallBuilder and Install4J. Installers for Microsoft Windows include Windows Installer, InstallShield, and Wise Installation Studio; free installer-authoring tools include NSIS, IzPack, Clickteam, InnoSetup, InstallSimple and WiX. Mac OS X includes Installer, and also includes a separate software updating application.