Problem :
When Working with Visual Basic 6.0 on Win7-32 or Win7-64, the controls [TextBox, Labels, CommandButton ..... etc] placed on the vb 6.0 Form [VB6 IDE] move slowly.
Solution :
Go to Visual Basic 6.0 main path (Microsoft Visual Studio on Main Partition), commonly is : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\
Locate VB6.exe and Right-Click on it. Make sure you have the full privileges (Computer Administrator), choose Properties
VB6 Controls move slowly on Win7
Navigate to Compatibility section, and mark / activate the option (Run this program in compatibility mode for:) and then from the drop-down menu choose Windows XP (Service Pack3), also below in the settings section mark / activate the option Disable desktop composition.
Visual Basic 6.0 Controls move slow on Win7
Click OK and test your Visual Basic 6.0 IDE, place some controls on a VB6 Form, try to move those controls, you notice that the controls are no longer move slowly. Also, make sure you are Win7 computer admin before applying these options.
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Win7-32bit and Win7-64bit problem with Visual Basic 6.0. The controls move slow motion on the IDE Form.
Possible pop up message by Windows 7 :
Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 7
The color schema has been changed to Windows 7 Basic
A running program isn't compatible with certain visual elements of Windows.
Click here for more information.
Nothing to worry about here, the popped up message with close and Visual Basic 6.0 will work fine, and then when you exit Visual Basic 6.0 on Window7, the color schema will return to the default as before without any problems.