Support for Visual Studio 6?

Hello-
  I've a legacy C++ project that could use a UI refresh, but unfortunately it has to remain in Visual Studio 6. I downloaded ToolkitProEval.MFC.v15.2.1 because it states support for Visual Studio 6, but I cannot install it in Windows XP.  I can install ToolkitProEval.MFC.v15.2.1 in Windows 7, but that doesn't work for me because I cannot install Visual Studio 6 in Windows 7.

  When trying to install it in Windows XP,  the installation program gets ready to install, but it suddenly beeps and dies when it gets to the point of downloading stuff. I tried not downloading the help files, but the installation still terminates at the same spot. I thought that perhaps I could not install ToolkitProEval.MFC.v15.2.1 in a virtual, so I even found an old XP machine and tried installing in it there, but got no joy.

  So is it impossible to install ToolkitProEval.MFC.v15.2.1 in Windows XP? Are there earlier versions that might install in XP?

  Thanks

It gives some warnings and stuff, but it is possible to install it. Always use the run as administrator menu option and maybe you have to set the compatibility options.

Before others answer...here is some advice I found:

I installed Visual Studio 6 Professional on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit and it is working perfectly. There are several things to remember: 1) don't use the installation wizard. use the "setup.exe" and right click it and run it as administrator to start the installation. 2) the service packs are cumulative & that means the latest service pack has all the fixes of the previous ones combined. sp4, sp5 wouldn't install because of the "mdac 2.5 thingy" but sp6 went on without a problem. remember to use the right click context menu and run the sp6 service pack installer.exe as an administrator for the installation or it won't work. 3) once the program is installed go into the installed Visual Studio 6 folders in the root (C:\) directory & migrate shortcuts to the visual basic 6.exe, visual c++.exe, visual studio 6.exe, etc. to your desktop and use the right click and "run as an administrator" methodology on the shortcuts  to start whatever Visual Studio 6 domain you wish to work with. 4) in short run all installer.exes and startup.exes as an administrator using the right click context menu or Windows 7 will block these programs from accessing the Windows 7 registry. 5) running programs in Windows 7 is all about permissions & some programs like Visual Studio 6 Professional need to be installed and run as system administrators.

we use VS6 as well.  Just need to set it to always run as administrator or it can't do what it needs, which then gives you a UAC prompt whenever you open it, but it works.

Sadly, I still cannot install ToolkitProEval.MFC.v15.2.1 in Windows XP even after completely turning off my firewall. It just beeps at me and then exits after the ready to install screen (the one that summarizes what and where you're installing the package). The install doesn't get to the point where it even creates the requested directory and  I cannot find a log file explaining the problem (where should I be looking) ... the install just exits.

Any ideas what I should try next?

Hi Timoh