I just installed Visual C++ 6.0 on a Windows XP computer. I had been using it on a Win98 computer. Now when I Rebuild all or use any of the compile options the entire screen goes black with a flashing white cursor in the upper left corner and a white square for the mouse. When the project is finished compiling the screen returns to normal with the results showing in the Output window.

I have reinstalled it twice now using a standard install. Before I began using VC++, I had installed AMD Code Analyst. I have also unistalled Code Analyst and reinstalled VC++ afterwards.

Any ideas.

Have you installed the latest service pack (5)? It fixes a lot of bugs in the program. By the way you can get it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/

I installed the service pack (5) and it had no effect.

I installed VC++ on another computer using XP and it worked fine. I tried making all the changes to the system and options within VC++ I could remember, but the new install worked fine.

I have noticed that when I 'Build All', when the screen goes blank I can get back to VC++ IDE by ALT+TAB. I also noticed there was a DOS C: Prompt in the ALT+TAB options only during the compiling time. When I ALT+TAB on the system that works correctly, there was no DOS Prompt. Is there a way of making VC++ compile from the DOS Prompt from within the IDE?

This link might help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q126/0/31.asp&NoWebContent=1

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Repeated Blank Screens During Build Process in VC++