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"Method '~' of object '~' failed" on starting VB6 IDE

I have noticed that about every third time or so I start up the VB6 IDE, a message box appears with the following error message:-

Method '~' of object '~' failed

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This doesn't happen for any particular project or with any other thing in common that I have noticed. It doesn't appear to cause any problems after dismissing the message. My question is: ought I to worry about this, and if so, what should I do about it.

I have noted these other questions about the same error message here, here and here, but I get the message on opening up the project.

Solution

  • I used to occasionally run into this error and, in my case, it was caused by the Visual Source Safe add-in (bad install I guess; re-install corrected the issue). It never caused a problem; it was just a bother. As Jon stated in the comments, I would try shutting off add-ins to see if that fixes the issue. Another thing is to make sure you are running Service Pack 6.