Reg Free Com with VB6.exe on Windows 7

I have some .NET code I use from VB6 code. I have always developed this on an XP machine by creating a VB6.exe.manifest file that listed the dependent .NET assemblies.

For example, say my 2 .NET assemblies are Some.Assembly.A.dll and Some.Assembly.B.dll, here is what VB6.EXE.manifest looks like (I use version=1.1.0.0 below because that is the version I set on the .NET AssemblyVersion in AssemblyInfo.cs):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
   manifestVersion="1.0">
  <assemblyIdentity
              type = "win32"
              name = "client"
              version = "1.1.0.0" />
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity
                  type="win32"
                  name="Some.Assembly.A"
                  version="1.1.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity
                  type="win32"
                  name="Some.Assembly.B"
                  version="1.1.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
</assembly>

Then, along with the DLLs in the same directory, I have the assemblies and their own manifest files. Here is an example "Some.Assembly.A.dll.manifest":

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" 
  manifestVersion="1.0">
  <assemblyIdentity
      type="win32"
      name="Some.Assembly.A"
      version="1.1.0.0" />
  <clrClass
      clsid="{F1234567-1234-1234-1234-123456789012}"
      progid="Some.Assembly.A.Class1"
      threadingModel="Both"
      name="Some.Assembly.A.Class1" >
  </clrClass>
  <file name = "Some.Assembly.A.dll" />
</assembly>

I also run tlbexp on referenced DLLs to create TLB files, and th