PRB: Application Error Occurs When Installing Visual Studio 6.0 After Installing Oracle (259704)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 6.0
This article was previously published under Q259704

SYMPTOMS

When you install Visual Studio 6.0 with the Oracle database product present, the installation may halt after the Visual Studio splash screen has appeared and may report the following error message (in which xxxxxxxxx represents a memory address):
VS6Wiz.exe application error

The instruction at xxxxxxxxx referenced memory at xxxxxxxxx the memory could not be written.

CAUSE

Performance counters prevent the VS60wiz.exe file setup program from continuing.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem:
  1. Temporarily rename the ORANT folder on your hard drive to a different name. For example, ORANTX.
  2. Stop all Oracle-related Services and Processes, or boot in to SAFE MODE.
  3. Install Visual Studio 6.0.
  4. Rename the ORANTX folder back to its original name.

REFERENCES

For additional information about this error on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 systems, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

192731 BUG: Hang or Application Error in Setup (VS60wiz.exe)

304604 PRB: Unable to Stop Services to install Visual Studio

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/15/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB259704
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