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Re: Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro)

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On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 15:20:54 -0500, P E Schoen wrote:
> I have an application written in Delphi 4 Pro, that uses the Borland 
> Database Engine (BDE). When I installed Delphi on my Win10 machine, it hung 
> up during the BDE install. I unchecked the option and it installed OK. 
> However, the BDE seemed to have been installed, and my application was able 
> to build and run OK with the database functions.
> 
> The setup file I created using Inno Setup includes a section where it uses 
> "minireg.exe" to install the BDE by running "bdeinst.dll" which was 
> extracted from the bdeinst.cab file and included in the setup. It also hangs 
> up, but apparently completes the installation in
> 
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE
> 
> On the Inno Setup website I found a suggestion to use a newer install 
> "bde511en.exe", which I found and downloaded on the Softonics website. It 
> runs OK on Win10 (and Win8) but it is only for updating a previous BDE 
> install. So I have kept the original bdeinst.dll in my setup, and informed 
> customers that it will hang up on Win10, but clicking on the dialog box 
> allows Windows to close it and proceed.
> 
> I don't know just what is involved in the BDE install. I could easily copy 
> the files that I find in the BDE folder to the new installation, but there 
> seem to be some registry entries as well, and it's difficult to find all the 
> instances (a search also finds hex BDE). I don't know why Win10 is having 
> problems - I have checked folder permissions and they seem identical for 
> Win8 and Win10. I have done a search and found a few ideas, but nothing that 
> solves the problem.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Paul

Try download BDE v5.2.0.2 from here:

http://www.all2ezy.com/pages/developer_downloads.php

I've checked that it installed fine. BDE Administrators seems to work fine
too. But I haven't actually tested the BDE functionality.

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Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro) "P E Schoen" <paul@pstech-inc.com> - 2017-12-09 15:20 -0500
  Re: Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro) Marco van de Voort <marcov@toad.stack.nl> - 2017-12-10 12:34 +0000
  Re: Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro) JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-12-10 21:31 +0700
    Re: Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro) P E Schoen <paul@peschoen.com> - 2017-12-10 20:41 -0500
      Re: Install of BDE hangs up on Win10 (Delphi4 Pro) P E Schoen <paul@peschoen.com> - 2017-12-10 22:53 -0500

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