Called as Visual Basic as its service name, the vb6.exe process is an instance of an executable or EXE file, and is a part of the software product Visual Basic, which is developed by Microsoft Corporation. The program Visual Basic is a third-generation, event-driven programming language program, and also an integrated development environment or IDE, which is basically used for COM programming model of Microsoft. Visual Basic enables a user to create a programming application through the components of the program. Because it is made by Microsoft Corporation for Windows computer, vb6.exe definitely runs in all versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, which include Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME. In most cases, the program that houses the file vb6.exe is pre-installed in Windows operating systems, or OS computers. While it can be separately installed, the software product is also easy to remove whenever needed, or in case of file corruption that the program must be deleted.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. vb6.exe. is used by Visual Basic, If you shut down vb6.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop vb6.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Visual Basic, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed vb6.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Visual Basic, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if vb6.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that vb6.exe, belongs to, in this case Visual Basic