unable to install Visual Basic () - dll

I am trying to install Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Edition on Windows 8 Server (64-bit) , but I got the errors, saying "Setup could not remove the file: C:\Windows\system32\DBNMPNTW.DLL". So, I used "LockHunter" to lock the file and continue, but it does not proceed (see attached). So, I chose "ignore" button to proceed(assumed that the file is the only problem). However, I got the following two files that give me the error, saying "Setup could not remove the file"
(1). C:\Windows\system32\DBNMPNTW.DLL
(2). C:\Program Files(x86)\Common Files\system\oledb\SQLOLEDB.DLL
Setup could not remove the file http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/96146-javasigndll-error/
So, I clicked "ignored" for both errors, and then I got different error type, saying "..was unable to register itself in the system registry."(see attached). See below for the lists of the file names.
So, I copy fresh dll files from online, and try to register all dll files(found on this site), and I got the error below (see pic).
Thanks in advance,

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Visual studio 2019 Test is failing with error "System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): This program is blocked by group policy

I had recently upgraded to Visual studio 2019 from 2017. The tests (xunit) was working fantastic until this update. But after updating, when i run my tests it just says "Outcomes Not Run".!!! strange, even it doesn't shows any details of any error under Output window, later found we have to manually change
"Show output from: " drop-down in Output window to "Tests" to see that. I got these details as below
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x89710016): Unable to start program C:\Users\bb00001\.nuget\packages\microsoft.testplatform.testhost\16.5.0\build\netcoreapp2.1\x64\testhost.exe.
This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.
Since I works in a very restrictive environment, understood i cant run any exes under that location since GP restriction. But got access to particular locations under C Drive.
Is there anyway I can change my testhost.exe file location? which visual studio can pickup the exe from a configured path?
After referring the link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/managing-the-global-packages-and-cache-folders,
I had set an environmental variable like below, where i set a new nuget-package source which my group policy allows me to run applications
This will automatically override the default location to newly setup location. Later restart the visual studio and rebuild the solution, it must add all the dependencies to new location. It worked for me. Not sure this issue will occur to anyone else, but maybe helpful, if someone with need.

Could not load file or assembly 'microsoft.visualstudio.shell.ui.internal' or one of its dependencies. SQL Server 2012

My SQL Server 2012 suddenly stopped working here is all I got in popup message:
could not load file or assembly 'microsoft.visualstudio.shell.ui.internal' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with incorrect format.
I have Repaired using installation CD but no luck.
I had the same problem and fixed by uninstalling the Visual Studio 2010 Shell and installing back. Simply reinstalling doesn't work.
1. Download the Visual Studio 2010 Shell: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1366
2. Run the exe file and click uninstall(or remove).
3. Run the exe file and click install with default settings.
After these steps the Management Studio will work just fine.
I got this error in VS2013 when reparing in the logfille,
[113C:2588][2018-01-20T16:41:54]i000: MUX: ExecuteError: Package (vs_minshellcore) failed: Error Message Id: 1305 ErrorMessage: Error reading from file C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.UI.Internal\v4.0_12.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.UI.Internal.dll. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.
and I check the file is exist, and I modify its access authority to complete control to every user account, but this error still occur,
Finally I delete this dll, and find same dll in another Normal Computer with VS , and copy the file paste to the problem computer, and run repair again then pass.
Share my works Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.UI.Internal.dll in Here.
But in my case after repair success, vs2013 still got error when opening, so I finally give up and turn to use vs2015, which luckly can work. It is a strange problem.
have this problem also with vs2019 community. I was trying to create the first 2019 project after it is installed. Then I got this. I ran the install exe file, vs_community.exe again in order to repaire it. But I found out that the install program request to restart the pc to finish the last step. Actually I restarted the pc afterwards manually. But I still did it by clicking on the button "restart pc". After the pc is restarted, the problem is gong. I can create project without any error.

What do I have to do to install the missing error messages cab file on a Windows CE Device?

I got this err msg while running my WindowsCE app:
...and so I copied NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cab from my PC to my handheld, and tried to run/install that cab file on the handheld. I got:
So then I tried the same with NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cab. When I ran it on the handheld, it told me that it had already been installed:
...but I went ahead and "reinstalled." I'm not sure its default installation location, though, is the right place:
...so I copied it over again to the folder on the handheld where my .exe resides (NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cab had been deleted out of there after reinstalling). This time I made sure to install it into that same folder, rather than the seemingly random location it chose the first time:
Still, though, running the app shows me the same old "Which way did they go, George?" err msg about not being able to show me error messages (first screamshot above).
This makes me feel kind of Grimm, to the point where I'm thinking this is a pretty revoltin' development (no pun intended).
What do I need to do to be able to see the hidden err msgs?
UPDATE
This is what I got when I unpacked SYCCFA~1.001, renamed it System.SR.dll, and tried to add it as a reference to the project (it claims that it is not a .NET assembly...???):
I tried the same thing with NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cab, with the same results (it looks like the same file - same date, same size...so why the name diff?)
The error messages are in a single file called "System.SR.dll". The CAB simply installs that and puts it into the GAC. You get an "already installed" error because it sees it in the registry, though it doesn't mean the file is actually there.
You can simply extract the DLL from the cab with a zip extractor (I use WinRAR, but whatever). For example, If I open this file:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v3.5\WindowsCE\Diagnostics\NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cab
It has a few things in it. SYCCFA~1.001 is the DLL. Pull it out, rename it to System.SR.dll and add it as a reference in your project. Studio will deploy it when you run and boom, you're cooking with butter.

Error LGHT0301: Failed to open the database

I'm using WiX 3.5. Recently, the following WiX error started occurring frequently on the build server:
light.exe (,): error LGHT0301: Failed to open the database. During validation, this most commonly happens when attempting to open a database using an unsupported code page or a file that is not a valid Windows Installer database. Please use a different code page in Module/#Codepage, Package/#SummaryCodepage, Product/#Codepage, or WixLocalization/#Codepage; or make sure you provide the path to a valid Windows Installer database.
Which "database" does the error refer to? (None of the WiX source files have changed in a long time, so I doubt it's a code page problem.)
Other people have reported that this error may be caused by Trend Micro Office Scan, which is indeed installed on the build server. I asked the system administrator to exclude the build directories from the scan, but this error still occurs. How can I determine whether the virus scanner is the culprit? (The error doesn't always occur, so if I disable the virus scanner and the next build succeeds, I still don't know whether the error has gone away permanently.)
The "Disable the ICE validation" worked for me - just a setting through Visual Studio 2012 in the .Setup.
After studying the WiX source code and running Process Monitor, I found that excluding the build directories from the virus scan is insufficient.
Explanation: When light.exe runs, it creates the target MSI file in a temporary directory. (This file is the database that the LGHT0301 error message refers to.) After light.exe closes the MSI file, ntrtscan.exe opens the MSI file for read access and read-only sharing. Later, in the database validation step, light.exe tries to reopen the MSI file for read/write access, and a sharing violation occurs.
Solution: Exclude the temporary directory from the real-time virus scan. On Windows Server 2008, for example, this directory is C:\Users\«username»\AppData\Local\Temp.
This is a common problem with build processes and antivirus. The scanner will detect the new MSI package and try to scan it. Meanwhile the build process also tries to validate it by running the Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICE) suite and you get a failure because the database has a mutex on it.
You should just remove the virus scan from your build output folders. Alternatively decouple the validation from the Light command so that the antivirus scan relinquishes the MSI handle before you run the ICE validation.
I had the same problem which was actually really related to codepages and language settings of my system.
Adding English input language in Windows' regional settings solved the problem on my German Windows installation.
The real cause was Trend Micro real time scanning!
(The following is only for historical reference)
I followed #Michael Liu answer and solved the problem
I had the same problem.
I am not referring to Codepage (or SummaryCodepage) in any of those tags, or in fact anywhere in the WXS. Putting Codepage="1252" didn't change anything.
Finally, I tried adding
encoding="utf-8"
to the XML tag which previously only had a version='1.0' attribute. This fixed the problem, as described in "Failed to open the database" error. - SOLVED
It was also the antivirus program for me.
An easy way to check if the problem is related to the anti-virus program is to disable the ICE validation in the WiX project setting (using version 3.7). This worked for me, and is a permanent setting now, since in our company you can't change the setting of the antivirus software.
This is the most common error I found while using WiX. The easiest solution for this is go to Properties of your project → Tool Settings → (Check) Suppress ICE Validation.

How Do I Get The Resource DLL Code Samples In The Windows SDKs To Compile And Run?

I am currently trying to build a Resource DLL on on Windows Server 2003 and 2008. I am currently working with the Resource DLL code samples supplied with the Windows SDKs, and I can't get them to work.
On Windows Server 2008 I succeeded compiling the Windows 7 SDK ClipBook Server sample, but couldn't get it to properly work in the cluster. When I insert the resource as a resource type to the cluster using "cluster restype /create /dll" it works, but the resource is listed with an unknown type instead of a ClipBook Server type, as I think it should have as it is the type defined in the Resource DLL's code.
I also succeed in creating a resource of that type, but I can never get it to go Online. I always get the error:
System error 5079 has occurred (0x000013d7).
The specified node does not support a resource of this type. This may be due to version inconsistencies or due to the absence of the resource DLL on this node.
And this is despite the fact that the resource is located on all the nodes in the cluster including the one I try to start the resource on.
On Windows Server 2003, I'm working with the Platform SDK version 5.2, and I can't even get the ClipBook Server Resource DLL code sample to compile. I always get MIDL1001 Error saying that it cannot open the file cluscfgserver.idl. I added the path of the file's location to the include path of the project. That didn't work. When I tried to hard-code the path of the file, I got several linker errors when trying to link with this file.
If anyone knows anything about any of these problems, I would appreciate any input.
Those examples are old and busted. Here are a few things I had to go through to get the similar "File Share Sample" to work:
Convert the project to x64 (supposedly 32 bit resources still work, but I haven't been able to verify that)
Add the module definition file (.def) to the linker input property page so that the Startup function is exposed
There were several spots in code where CompareString is used to check the resource type name and 0 is expected on success, but it actually returns CSTR_EQUAL (3).
This is probably why you get the "(Unknown Type)" name.
To register the resource extension, cluster.exe won't accept spaces in the dll name, so in my case I had to use cluster /REGADMINEXT:'FILESH~2.dll'
Only the Property Sheet extension interface is supported, everything else (context menu, wizards) has been removed as of Server 2008
Check the extension DLL stdafx.cpp sources for the Resource Type "ClipBook Server". It should be "ClipBook Server Sample": const WCHAR g_wszResourceTypeNames[] = L"ClipBook Server Sample\0"