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    This document discusses installing and running Delphi 7 on Windows Vista. It notes that you may get an error during installation but can continue by clicking "Run program". After installation, Delphi 7 may open but be unable to rename files due to permissions. The document provides steps to modify permissions on the Delphi 7 bin and projects directories to allow writing and compiling applications. With these changes, Delphi 7 applications can now be compiled and run successfully on Windows Vista.

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    This document discusses installing and running Delphi 7 on Windows Vista. It notes that you may get an error during installation but can continue by clicking "Run program". After installation, Delphi 7 may open but be unable to rename files due to permissions. The document provides steps to modify permissions on the Delphi 7 bin and projects directories to allow writing and compiling applications. With these changes, Delphi 7 applications can now be compiled and run successfully on Windows Vista.

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    This document discusses installing and running Delphi 7 on Windows Vista. It notes that you may get an error during installation but can continue by clicking "Run program". After installation, Delphi 7 may open but be unable to rename files due to permissions. The document provides steps to modify permissions on the Delphi 7 bin and projects directories to allow writing and compiling applications. With these changes, Delphi 7 applications can now be compiled and run successfully on Windows Vista.

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    This document discusses installing and running Delphi 7 on Windows Vista. It notes that you may get an error during installation but can continue by clicking "Run program". After installation, Delphi 7 may open but be unable to rename files due to permissions. The document provides steps to modify permissions on the Delphi 7 bin and projects directories to allow writing and compiling applications. With these changes, Delphi 7 applications can now be compiled and run successfully on Windows Vista.

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    Delphi 7 has compatibility issues when installed on Windows Vista. The installer will run but Delphi itself encounters errors on startup and when creating new projects due to permissions issues.

    When installing Delphi 7 on Windows Vista, the installer runs but Delphi encounters errors on startup and cannot rename files due to permissions restrictions. It also cannot create new projects.

    The issues with Delphi 7 can be resolved by modifying the permissions on the Delphi 7 Bin and Projects directories to allow users to modify the contents.

    Delphi 7

    The following will apply to all version of Delphi up to version 7, as well as all versions of
    C++Builder up to version 6. For Delphi/C++Builder 2006, see the second part of this
    article.
    When trying to install Delphi 7 on Windows Vista, we get an error message, claiming that
    "this program has know n compatibility issues".

    You can check for solutions online, but that won't help much. For now, just click on "Run
    program" to run the Delphi Installer anyway.
    Using the Delphi Installer, you can install Delphi 7 (as well as other applications like
    InterBase). You won't get any problems during the installation.

    After Installation
    When starting the installed version of Delphi 7, I got the error message from F igure 1
    again. This time, when clicking on the "Run program" button, Delphi would start, but
    with an error message telling us that Delphi is unable to (i.e. not allowed to) rename
    delphi32.$$$ to delphi32.dro.

    And after clicking on OK, Delphi would open, but without an open project. Since I always
    start Delphi 7 w ith the -np flag, I didn't even notice the different. However, starting a
    new project also results in the above error message: being unable to rename the
    Delphi32.$$$ file to Dephi32.dro.
    The reason clearly is that the Delphi32.exe application is not allowed (by Windows Vista)
    to write in the Delphi7\Bin directory.
    Modify Permissions
    To solve this, we need to allow the users of the laptop to "modify" the contents of this
    directory, as shown in the next screenshot:

    Apart from the Delphi7\Bin directory, we must also allow the users of the laptop to
    "modify" the contents of the Delphi7\Projects directory so compiled applications (and
    packages) can be produced.
    Note that any other directory you need to write to (like unit output directories) must also
    be opened up before you can actually compile and run the Delphi 7 applications.
    The screenshot belows shows Delphi 7 running with a new VCL application open.
    Compiling and running Delphi 7 applications also works fine after the aforementioned
    two changes. And now that Delphi 7 is up-and-running, I can "migrate" some Win32
    applications to Windows Vista, making use of the new UI features. The only remaining
    issue is the integrated help, using WinHelp, which no longer works on Windows V ista.
    According to KB917607, starting with Windows Vista, the Windows Help program w ill not
    ship as a component of Windows. Also, third-party programs that include .hlp files are
    prohibited from redistributing the Windows Help program together with their products!
    Users who want to view 32-bit .hlp files must download the program from the Microsoft
    Dow nload Center, and then install it on their computers. Unfortunately, the download for
    Windows Help is "still in development", but will (hopefully) be available in time for the
    consumer release of Windows Vista (early 2007).

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