You cannot create an unmanaged VB application in VS 2008.
You will need to use C / C ++ or return to VS 6.
You can look at the question below for more information on .NET linkers. This is technically an option, but if I were launching a new application that I did not want to depend on the .NET platform, I would not use a managed language.
Running a .net-based application without the .NET Framework
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