Extending the Life of and Migrating VB6 / Access Business Apps — A Decision Table for Keep, Wrap, or Replace (archived 2026-07-27)

How do you decide whether to leave a VB6 application or Microsoft Access business app as-is, extend its life by wrapping only part of it, or replace it outright? This article organizes the runtime situation, the ACE 32-bit/64-bit problem, the risk of multi-user access on shared folders, and upsizing to SQL Server into a decision table and a practical procedure. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/vb6-access-legacy-migration-guide/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-07-04.