I'll be damned - I always assumed only one Command Prompt per computer, but I found
cmd.exe in
Drive C:\ for the new (refurbished) PC AND
Drive F:\, which
was Drive C:\ in the old machine. All of my VP stuff is still on that (F:\) drive except for VPMidi.clsVPMidi which I copied to
C:\WINDOWS\system in addition to the F:\ drive counterpart (the Runtime Library v6, MSVBVM60.dll, is already loaded to system32 in both drives).
Destruk's revelation (finally - MIDI with BP!) is from Nov 8, 2001, is a good read (aren't they always?), and is here in case someone wants to compare my CMD prowess with destruk's instructions for registering the MIDI library...
Both drives produce the same error code, 0x80004005, and I did see a YouTube video in which the star downloaded another copy of his target file (not VPMidi, of course) in case his was corrupted. Talk about your B-flat remedies...
When Country Carnival is opened, the blueprint comes up fine - but starting the game brings up the script error, 'ActiveX component can't create object: VPMidi.clsVPMidi', and the table never renders. Hopefully, somebody will have an inkling of what's haywire...
OH - by the way; the music plays just fine through Media Player...and maybe even through VLC, too!
EDIT: I stumbled back onto the video, but it doesn't seem to offer much help...
RETRACTION: After going to the page and past the ads, there indeed does seem to be potential help in the text of the article (Registry Key and Corrupt .dll file. Still B-flat, but at least it's multiple choice!)
https://errorcodespro.com/fix-error-code-0x80004005-windows-7-10/