What does “Method '~' of object '~' failed” at runtime mean?

Question

I\'m trying to run a legacy VB6 application on my desktop (it doesn\'t have a user interface, being a command-line app), and when I do, I get a message box saying

Answer 1

In the VB6 IDE go to Tools->Options->Editor and clear Drag-and-Drop Text Editing feature

Thanks Matthew, you pointed me in the right direction, though I don't fully understand your issues

I have an old VB6 project to rework, now able to edit and recompile OK on Windows 10, after the usual trauma of reregistering all the .ocx files. I run the VB6 through a shortcut with Properties->Advanced->Run As Administrator

This error was persistent, popping up every time I started the VB6 IDE

After reading Matthews post, I cleared the Drag-and-Drop Text Editing feature

Shut down, restart VB6 and the error had gone

Re-enabled Drag-and-Drop and still no error

(Still living with the Automation Element Not Found Error)