P&D Wizard Missing From Project

[TOMBUGGY]

After recovering from a horrible "Blue Screen of Death" problem I restored my computer to its out-of-the-box state and re-installed VB6 Pro (along with many other apps). I had backed up the VB6 folder so I was also able to restore my VB projects, and I am able to work with them.

However, I just went to use the P&D Wizard and found that it was not listed in the Components for any of the projects. When I attempted to add it to the Components I got the following error: "Error in loading DLL"

Any ideas on howto resolve this? Thanks

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Reload VB6 either fresh or to reset defaults. Should go very fast and only slow when it finds missing files. Then apply the SP.


Good Luck

 

[TOMBUGGY]

vb5prgrmr, thanks. Your suggestion of a reinstall of VB6 was my idea also but it did not work - The P&D Wizard is still not on the Tools submenu and I'm still getting "Error in Loading DLL" when I try to add it to a project's Componemts.

As for what to try next, here is some additional information about how I got into to the situation:

-- After installing VB6 the first time on the restored computer, I restored ALL of the VB6 folder from backup, including the Wizards subfolder (perhaps a mistake - ?).

-- Prior to experiencing the problem, I installed VB6 Service Pack 6. I don't know if the P&D Wizard was missing before I installed this service pack. I've tried to remove it via Add/Remove Programs but can't find it there.

-- The latest VB Service Pack that I applied after the latest reinstall is VB Service Pack 5.

What next?

 

[TOMBUGGY]

Problem resolved! With reference to the old saying about "blind pigs finding acorns" I stumbled upon a solution through experimentation. I went to Add-Ins and then Add-In Manager. On the list of Available Ad-Ins I selected the Package and Deployment Wizard and checked the 'Loaded/Unloaded' and 'Load on Startup' check boxes. Voila - the P&D Wizard is now available for all of my projects.

I guess we can call this an "Engineering Solution" - that is, it works but we don't know why it works. More specifically, I don't know why the P&D Wizard was lost in the first place.

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Must be some registry setting that was not set or set wrong????

Glad you got it fixed.