I have written some VB6 apps and used it as the installer and it will prompt you to remove or repair if it sees a previous install. Also, VSI is FREE and plugs in to VS.Net and VS6.

Fix Visual Studio Installer stuck at installing package, The install operation failed If Visual Studio Installer is stuck at installing the package, follow the below solutions to resolve the issue.

If Visual Studio Installer is stuck on Getting things ready or Fetching your files then here are some solutions to help you download the VS Installer successfully.

I must have done something cause when I try to load VB6 sp6, I get a message that Visual studio is getting ready to load. View image ...