I am not really sure since I have never converted a project from vb6 to vb.net, although when loading a Form1.Designer.vb in Notepad++ or Notepad, your image code looks similar to it.
Try replacing the first lines of code with these lines.
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class frm_Merge
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
EDIT::
Overlooked the image again and it seems that maybe just adding a line break in between <Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ and Partial Class frm_Merge should solve the issue.
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Try replacing the first line w/the first 2 lines provided in my previous post.
Partial Class frm_Merge should be on the second line, not first.
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