Can VB be migrated?

[leezinho]

I have VB5 on my old computer, duly licensed and registered.
I want to use it on my new computer.
I seem to have lost the original installation disk(s).
Using a thumb drive, I've copied-and-pasted what seem to be all the constituent files,
plus a downloaded copy of MSVBVM50.DLL, which the new setup couldn't find,
but now the message is "MSVBVM50.DLL could not be registered".
Is there a built-in restriction on migrating the program?
If so, is there anywhere on the Web where VB5 or VB6 can be downloaded for free?

[Arjay]

VB5 may not be supported on the new operating system. Vb6 may not be either.

[DataMiser]

You need to do a proper install on the new computer, there are lots of ocx and dll files that need to be properly registered and licensed.

Not sure if VB5 works under the newest versions of Windows. Last version I had it installed on was Windows 2000

VB6 works under all the current versions of Windows though there are a couple of tricks to get it to install under 8 and 10

VB6 will handle programs written in VB5 without needing any changes but there are a few controls that were in VB5 that are not installed by default in VB6 if you use those in your project then there are additional steps you need to take to get those installed, registered and licensed on the new system.