Ensure no other applications are running. You must have a licensed edition of Visual Basic 6.0 (Learning, Professional, or Enterprise) already installed on your system.
If VB6Cli.exe does not resolve your issue, you may need to manually run Vbctrls.reg from the \Common\Tools\Vb\Controls folder on your original installation media.
Compilation fails with a "Permission Denied" error. download vb6cli.exe
For older, unsupported controls, Microsoft also released VBUSC.exe , which targets different sets of discontinued ActiveX components.
You receive a dialog stating: "License Information For This Component Not Found. You Do Not Have An Appropriate License To Use This Functionality In The Design Environment" . Ensure no other applications are running
This utility does not fix licenses for third-party controls or controls not natively shipped with Visual Basic 6.0.
For automated deployments, you can run the utility from a command prompt with the /q switch to suppress the user interface. Limitations and Troubleshooting Compilation fails with a "Permission Denied" error
While originally available directly from the Microsoft Download Center under Knowledge Base article , official direct links can sometimes be offline due to the age of the software. Steps to use the utility: