Compiling VB6 hang

Hello!

I am posting this message just to tell how I found a solution to the
infamous c2.exe stops -problem...as I found a lot of desperate posts
about this problem.

This took about 18 hours from my summer holiday...

Short story
VB6 SP6 project group does not compile - c2.exe stops and VB-ide
freezes.

After long and exhausting reinstalls and removals I found out thet Acer
webcam software stopped the vb6 - c2.exe and removing the webcam
sothware removed the problems also!
When the webcam Orbicam.s LVPrcSrv.exe is running it causes problems.
There are either a version problem on the LVPrcSrv.exe or the OrbiCam
utility software causes the problems - the bare Orbicam driver can be
installed without problems.

Configuration:
Acer Travelmate 8204WLMi
2Gb RAM
120Gb HDD
Intel centrino Duo

Windows XP professional SP2 FIN
Visual Basic 6 enterprice edition SP6


Long story:
Well - the story goes like this

I bought a new laptop - installed all my software - and a big VB6 -
project. After some time I found that the vbg-group does not compile.
The compiler stops on some of the projects - not always the same - and
does not give any error messages - just stops. VB-ide halts totally.

First I thougt that it might be the Microsoft XML-parser that causes
this
- removed the XML-parser -> no help
next ....

- removed Microsoft Office 2003 -> no help
- removed and reinstalled VB6 twice -> no help
- beeing mad an drinking a couple of beers -> no help

- made total backup of my therr partitions
- reinstalled the whole WindowsXP from the factory recovery
- reinstalled VB6 & all other programs & my VB-project -> the project
compiled once ok - second time - not - the same problem!

- more beer and anger!
- a second start from scratch - reinstalling the whole Windws from
recovery
- now - no connection to net - no windows updates - no firewall - no
virus scanner - no nothing extra - only vb6 and vb6-sp6 and my project

- the project compiles once ok and then again the same hell!

- lots of reading internet ....more beer

- found out that deleting all the intermediate files from the disk
helps - the project compiles - maybe once
- found out that killing c2.exe leaves VB-ide working ok but gives
error - Can not execute c2.exe
- found out that my project compiles OK in WIndows Safe Mode !

- removed all the accessory programs that the Acer eRecovery so
willingly installs -> no help
- started to kill one service / time with task manager and trying to
compile ... and at last - removing LVPrcSrv.exe did the trick - my
project COMPILES!

- found out that LVPrcSrv.exe is a helper for my Acer.s tiny webcam
OrbiCam - which has no use for me at all !

- removed the webcam software and hardware
- reinstalled all the rest of my software - making disk image copies
and trying the VB-compiler ....

- after making diskimage - installed Acer Orbicam, just driver ( not
the whole software pagage) downloaded from Acer - and belive or not -
VB compiles ok ....

- what is the real reason - I do not know .. but I have stopped
drinking more beer for a couple of days....

- the reason for this long post is that I had a lot of time to write
this while waiting the software installs....still installing and making
backups after each addendum...

Regards
Seppo Rinta-Kaupila

Labels: VB6 Compiling Hang

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