VC6 doesn't recognize Vault provider Windows 7/64

[Carl]

I installed the Vault Standard client on 64 bit Windows 7 and checked the box to make it the default SCC provider. This worked in Windows XP.

But now Visual C++ V6.0 will not recognize Vault and still thinks that SourceSafe is its SCC provider. Visual Studio 2010 shows all the available Source Control clients in Tools | Options and works fine. I installed the Vault client after all the other tools. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Vault to no avail.

[Beth]

To make VC6 work on Windows 7, there's a few extra steps.

• 1) Is the 1.1 .NET framework installed? This framework is specifically needed for integration with VC6 and VB6, and is not on Windows 7 by default. It can be downloaded from here: 1.1 .NET Framework Redistributable
  
  2) At a command prompt, run the following command:

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   regsvr32 vbscc.dll

  3) Find the file vbaddin.ini and make sure it has the following line in it:

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  vbscc=3

  4) Change registry settings.
  • 4a) In the registry, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\SourceCodeControlProvider and add a string and call it ProviderRegKey and give it the data SOFTWARE\SourceGear\Vault Client.
    4b) In the registry, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\SourceCodeControlProvider\InstalledSCCProviders, change the key that might list the Vault VS 2003 Compatible Client to read as SourceGear Vault Classic Client and give it the data of SOFTWARE\SourceGear\Vault Client

[Carl]

Thanks, Beth!

Although I never did find vbaddin.ini, your <ADVERTISEMENT SPAM> worked great. We're up and running.

-- Carl

[Beth]

Thank you for the update. I'm happy to hear you are working.