The installer frequently hangs while looking for the obsolete MSJVM. Creating an empty text file named MSJAVA.DLL in the Windows directory can trick the installer into bypassing this step.
What (Windows 10, Windows 11, or a Virtual Machine) are you installing it on? Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 ISO With Key
The ISO file for Visual Studio 6.0 can be downloaded from various sources: The installer frequently hangs while looking for the
Microsoft‘s Java implementation—complete with J/Direct for direct Windows API access and Windows Foundation Classes (WFC). Following legal disputes with Sun Microsystems, support for Visual J++ was eventually discontinued. Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 ISO With Key