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FIX: "Error loading SETUPAPI.DLL" Installing VB5CCE on NT 3.51

Article ID: 161831

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q161831

SYMPTOMS

If you try to install the Control Creation Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 onto a workstation based on Windows NT 3.51, the following error message appears:

Error loading SETUPAPI.DLL

CAUSE

The original release of Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and its service packs do not distribute this DLL. Setupapi.dll is in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 distribution set.

STATUS

This problem has been fixed in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

The system requirements for the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0 are:

Personal computer with a 486 or higher processor running Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 or later
12 MB of memory (16 MB recommended) if running Windows 95
12 MB (16 MB recommended) if running Windows NT Workstation
VGA or higher-resolution monitor (Super VGA recommended)
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Setupapi.dll is required for the installation of the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0 onto a Windows NT based system. Note that it is not necessary for Windows 95.

REFERENCES

For more information on the Control Creation Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 and other versions of Microsoft Visual Basic, go to our Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic.

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