ODBC Data Source Administrator Crashes - crash

I've got a user in my organization that experiences a crash in ODBC Data Source Administrator when he clicks the File DSN tab. This has been happening for the past 2 months.
The program will just hang forever and will "stop working" when I try to force close it. OS is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.
The 32 and 64 bit driver versions are installed and both versions of the program crash when this happens.
Event Viewer shows a .NET Runtime error 1026 at the same time of the crash. Updating/uninstalling and reinstalling .NET did no good.
SFC/scannow didn't show any results.
Tried replacing a potentially corrupt .dll file but that didn't work either.
I've got threads open in the Spiceworks and Microsoft Communities; but none have done me much good.
NEW CONTENT:
In Event Viewer
Faulting application name: odbcad32.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385
Faulting module name: ole32.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514
Still needing help with this please.

I have the solution. Microsoft issued a hotfix for ole32.dll causing programs to crash. Information and download link are available here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2541119

The ODBC shortcuts point to %windir%\system32\odbcad32.exe
This is the version that crashes.
The version in %windir%\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
works allright!
If the ODBC administrator in SysWOW64 works allright for you, you might consider changing your shortcuts to point to that location.

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Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB not registered on local machine

I'm having an issue with Visual Studio 2005. I'm writing an application in VB.net using Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0. I've got a couple of applications using that provider already and they all run fine. I can Publish them again or run them in the IDE and they work fine. When I try to run the new application I get the message that "The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on local machine. I've started the application over several times with no change. Under Data Connections inside VS, I can open the database and see the tables, views and procedures. But it still gives me this message. I've tried to reinstall the driver and nothing changes. I've uninstalled in and reinstalled it, no change. Any ideas?
Access drivers are, as far as I know, bit-specific. If you have the 32 bit driver installed and your compile/run your app in x64 it will fail to find the driver. Match the bitness of your project to the bitness of your installed drivers (or cycle all the options). Remember that the Prefer32bit setting can influence the resulting bitness chosen in an AnyCPU situation (e.g. if you have 64bit drivers, and have AnyCPU+Prefer32=Y then you may encounter a fail)

Visual Basic Command Line Compiler has stopped working

Yesterday, I could work with Visual Studio 2010 without any problem. However, today after I turned on the computer and tried to open my project (Web application with Visual Basic.NET) on VS2010 again, I got a message box showing as below:
Later, I found out after I tried deleting suo file that this message box will show up whenever I open some file in Visual Studio so I tried to run the application. Then, I found another message box popped up as below:
And after I close the message box, I finally got this window
It says:
Compilation Error
Compiler Error Message: The compiler failed with error code -1073741511.
I have searched for the solution through the internet. I have found a few methods that might solve the solution such as scanning for virus, using clean boot. I have also tried repairing and uninstalling VS2010 and .NET framework but none still work. Right now, I have no idea what I should to do make it work again.
Anyway, I realized that there is Windows auto update when I turned off the computer. Not so sure if this related to the problem (I used Window 8.1).
After formatting Drive C to reinstalling everything again, I found out that the reason might be Windows update. I have started from reinstalling Windows 8, all necessary programs (except Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio) and all window updates required for upgrading to Windows 8.1.
When I successfully got to Windows 8.1, I created system restore point and try installing VS2010 and all windows update. The result had caused the same error I posted in this thread.
After that, I restored back to original state and installed VS2010 first. Then installed some of windows updates. This time, I decided to install all updates except the ones that have publish date after 10/11/2015. The result is satisfied. I don't get this error again.
Later, Hans Passant help me find the actual cause of this problem. Please see this link:
Why do I get an error for "__CrtGetFileInformationByHandleEx " when I try to compile

How to install CR10 runtime on win7 64bit

I'm using the Crystal Report 10 viewer ActiveX control in an Access App I've written. Works great in Office 2003 on 32bit versions of Windows. The problem arrises when I try to run the program in 64 bit Windows (with 32bit Office). I get the following error:
Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object
I get this error on the following line of my VBA code.
Set rdApp = CreateObject("Crystalruntime.application.10")
How can I get this to work in 64bit?
I don't have any specific experience with Crystal Report, but I do have some experience with installing components on a 64-bit Windows environment that were intended for 32-bit Windows, so here are some general suggestions of things to try:
Before installing, try loosening the security privileges - I have Windows Server 2008; on this OS, they're under Start | Administrative Tools | Local Security Policy. Many old installers are thwarted by these controls. You'll want to return them to their defaults after the install.
Make sure that you run the installer with admin privileges (right-click; run as Administrator).
Examine the installation log for Crystal Report - it may indicate a failure registering a component. In one instance, I was able to get the installation working by running the command to register the failed component manually, on an administrator-privileged command line (the command was in the log).
If acceptable, try to create a Windows Virtual Machine running a virtual Windows XP, and try the installations there (this might be a bit tedious, due to your need for MS Office).
Take a look at VMWare's ThinApp - this is intended for packaging applications for administrators, but this was the solution we ended up using to shield one of our 32-bit apps from Windows 64-bit perils
Hope this helps; we struggled for awhile trying different things to get our legacy apps working on a 64-bit environment.

Running .EXE file made in visual studio 2005 failure

I would like to run a .exe file made with visual studio 2003 but I get an error every time I run it on a windows 7 machine, vista machine, and xp machine. The error on Windows 7 and vista says "application has stopped working" and then makes me close the error box.
In windows xp it's a little different error, "the application failed to operate (0xc0000135) Click on OK to terminate the application."
That error code seems to indicate the application failed to initialize correctly.
It is possible that the anticipated .NET version is not present.
As far as I know, VS 2003 by default compiles against the .NET 1.1 library. There is no straightforward way of installing this on a Windows 7 or Vista box. Do you need to compile it against the .NET 1.1 library, or can you load it in VS2005, change the output .net version to 2.0 or higher, and recompile the application?
If you have the source code to the application, try running the application in debug mode and stepping through line by line until you find the exception. If you do not have the source code, possibly try running the application in a couple different compatibility modes. Another option to try is to check the windows event log for anything more specific.
If you want to get really deep into it, you can use SysInternals ProcMon.exe and filter on the failing exe to view the WinAPI calls that are happening during the failure.
Also, a basic search of forums shows that error is usually accompanied with framework issues. Either recompile the application or check out what your required framework is in the VS2003 project settings.

How do I resolve "Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object"?

My company has a VB6 application using Crystal Reports 7 which a client has asked to be installed on Windows 7 32 bit. It is currently installed on Windows XP 32bit SP2 machines at the client. Connection to the DB is done via ODBC to SQL Server 2000 instance on another server.
On Windows 7, the installation works fine, however when you try to open the application, the error is given.
I have looked at the following:
Registering all the dll's and ocx files using regsvr32. Some will not register as they either are registered already or the following message is given "Make sure that "[name].dll" is valid DLL or OCX file and then try again." I read this forum thread regarding this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/0653f685-4526-45d9-89f3-8c479a6b4c62
Monitored the opening of the application using a ProcessMonitor application to try and spot if there is a missing dll or ocx file - this does not seem to be the case.
Reviewed the application according to this list and nothing seems to be against these guidelines
I've noticed two items in the knowledge base that relate to this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281848 - the comdlg32.ocx bundled with the application is version 6.0.81.69 and the one in the system32 folder on the dev machine (WinXP 32 bit) is 6.1.97.82. However if this was the issue then surely it would not work currently?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184898 - I'm not sure how to confirm that this is the issue
Finally, due to complexities, I am not allowed to make code changes to this application. Even if I was, I'm not a VB6 programmer, just the guy who got the terribly support project! If code changes are required, then I'll have to investigate using WinXP mode.
Update: I get the same error in XP Mode. That's a Win XP with SP3 VM. This runs on a Win XP SP2 VM, is there potentially something in SP3 that would have caused this to occur? Or is it just a fact of it being XP Mode?
I got the same error but I solved by using regsvr32.exe in C:\Windows\SysWOW64.
Because we use x64 system. So if your machine is also x64, the ocx/dll must registered also with regsvr32 x64 version
The file msrdo20.dll is missing from the installation.
According to the Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 this file should be distributed with the application.
I'm not sure why it isn't, but my solution is to place the file somewhere on the machine, and register it using regsvr32 in the command line, eg:
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msrdo20.dll
In an ideal world you would package this up with the redistributable.
This download fixed my VB6 EXE and Access 2016 (using ACEDAO.DLL) run-time error 429. Took me 2 long days to get it resolved because there are so many causes of 429.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=13255
QUOTE from link:
"This download will install a set of components that can be used to facilitate transfer of data between 2010 Microsoft Office System files and non-Microsoft Office applications"
You say it works once you install the VB6 IDE so the problem is likely to be that the components you are trying to use depend on the VB6 runtime being installed.
The VB6 runtime isn't installed on Windows by default.
Installing the IDE is one way to get the runtime. For non-developer machines, a "redistributable" installer package from Microsoft should be used instead.
Here is one VB6 runtime installer from Microsoft. I'm not sure if it will be the right version for your components:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b9ba261-7a9c-43e7-9117-f673077ffb3c