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Spent most of my week so far getting an old Visual Basic 6 environment up and running on my Windows 11 laptop.
I've got it running in a VM now (which I got from the original programmer), but that VM has lots of noise and issues and doesn't work very well (it's the result of 20 years of development by someone who still prefers and uses VB6 and DBF), plus switching between VM and laptop is a pain.
The entire project spans some 40 applications, that use about as much components.
We need to replace all these applications one by one, making sure the output stays the same, so being able to easily run and debug them kind of comes in handy.
With a bit of "luck" we'll get another project which has even more applications (but running them will be a breeze now *ahem*).
So, I got VB6 running, which was only the first step (and surprisingly painless, followed How to install Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 11 - YouTube[^]).
Then I had to restore all kinds of folders and files in specific places (like C:\Company\Files) and relative to various projects (like ..\..\Components\Component A, etc.).
Not to mention change all kinds of configurations (ini files) because they point to T:\ or specific databases.
Obviously, these files, folders and configurations are all over the place.
I've put all of it in Git, including bin and obj folders, because I can't rebuild most of this stuff and just opening a project in VB6 changes it (it mostly sets references from System32 to SysWOW64, etc.).
Even complete database files (mostly DBF files, but maybe some SQL backups too) got included in Git, because that's how the original programmer works.
I've got Git repositories larger than 1.5 GB now, but ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) it!
I'm currently trying to figure out which OCX files have to be registered and (from) where.
A few (most?) are working, but I'm currently having some trouble with some TLB file... Can't register it, but it's referenced in the project, but I keep getting "Class is not registered" (can't find it registered on the VM either though) 
I'm too old young for this sh*t.
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... they have a foot fetish?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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oh oh.... so bad. lol.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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This deserves a big hand!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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1) How are you @OriginalGriff ?
2) As of today I am officially an Inventor [pending] as we've just submitted a patent application with my scrawl on the bottom left. 
veni bibi saltavi
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Does that mean you need to update your profile picture to this[^]? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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This show was awesome! 
Never knew this guy's name 
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Congrats on being an inventor! I hope it serves you well 
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Patent, no less. Patent everybody!
Congratulations!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Is it a patent for improved wedge bolts btw ?
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Congratulations! I remember my first patent - I was "but it's so obvious - why didn't someone else do it first?"
I'm getting there - still miss her like crazy, and my sleep pattern is all over the place so my concentration is ... um ... poor and I get distracted very easily so I forget what I was doing. That's OK when you are holding a wooden spoon, but ceramic knives make it a lot riskier. I'm still not cooking properly as a result!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Look after yourself Paul, it's a bloody long road. I'm watching over Da trying to keep going.
veni bibi saltavi
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Hello Nagy where have you been hiding ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Working, the man makes me work.
Oh and apparently inventing.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nice to hear from an old hand. , good luck!
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I wanted to mount a small safe with two wedge bolts that were supplied with it.
As usual the drill went everywhere when I tried to drill some holes in a concrete wall 
Did the bolts work as intended? of course not, they kept turning round as they were smooth on the outside.
Did any of the reviews on the website where I bought it mention this? of course not.
Had to replace the bolts with other ones before the safe could properly be attached.
I don't understand people who claim that they like DIY, sigh ...
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Wrong drill bit type, size, or possibly just blunt?
Mark a center punch hole first (I use a Draper 13612 - it's spring tension adjustable, and doesn't need a hammer freeing up a second hand), then drill a pilot hole that is slightly smaller the screw diameter without the threads (for a "screw in device") or smallish compared to the final bit for push in ones.
Drill out the pilot to the final size for push in devices with a slightly small bit - you can "wiggle it" a bit to get the right size, but you can't add material back and concrete bits generally drill a little larger than you expect!
For concrete, carbide tips are a good choice, but make sure they are sharp - they can chip quite easily if you aren't careful with them, and a blunt drill will do more damage than you might think!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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If you do DIY right it's rewarding, if you get screwed up by tools and products you use it's annoying. End of the story.
"Pro tip" from my side, never use anything provided with the product and instead have dowels and screws in your toolbox that are good quality.
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This is possibly the least understood rule of DIY - you must have a comprehensive supply of fixings, screws, dowels, bolts, you name it before you start.
Another tip - when boring holes in glass or ceramic tiles, using the hammer facility on your drill is counterproductive 
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And put a piece of tape across where you want to drill - the bit won't skate off into the distance then.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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At least, not so much.
I usually put a cross of tape, like the cartoon sticking plaster, to get enough depth for the bit to grip and not skate, and use the drill really really slowly, just grinding the surface until there's a depression. Then you can up the speed. A little oily lubricant helps, one you've started. Turpentine is recommended for glass.
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And a sharp carbide bit as well. Water works as well as oil (maybe better) as it's the temperature you want to keep down (as well as flushing the particles out as you go) rather than lubricating.
It's also a damn good idea to use a depth limiter (even a finger is good) to prevent the drill slamming into the tile when you break through. I learned that one the first time I tried to put up a TP holder and cracked the tile. 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Carbide tips are great. Saved my bacon many times. Good point about the dept limiting, too.
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And while we are at drilling anyway, always check that where you drill there is nothing behind your planned hole. Wouldn't be the first time that someone either tears the power cables apart or even worse, flushes his room with the water from the pipes 
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A cable and pipe finder is a useful tool to have in your armoury.
For cables, in the UK at least, they're supposed to run either vertically or horizontally in the wall, so you can draw a line from sockets, switches etc, and work out if a cable is likely to be there, but I've seen some horrible bodges where cables have been run in channels cut into the plaster and plastered over diagonally across walls!
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