OK, I have seen issues installing Turbo Delphi on Vista RC2. The issues ranges from missing requirements to issues installing Delphi itself. I have wrestled with the installation issues myself and almost gave up, but managed to find a solution after all.
First install all requirements, either from the CD (download) or download from MS Downloads. These should install fine on a fresh RC2 installation, but it is a good idea to install as an administrator (not just a regular user with admin access)
- .Net Framework 1.1
- .Net Framework 1.1 SP1
- .Net Framework 1.1 SDK
- .Net J# Runtime 1.1
Proceed to install BDS/Turbo Delphi. However the installation requires the use of .Net Framework 1.1 and 2.0 is the default in Vista RC2. To get around that we just create a configuration file forcing msiexec to use the 1.1 version of the framework (much easier than messing around with the installation msi’s)
Copy the following and save it as “msiexec.exe.config” in the “\windows\system32” folder. You will probably have to be administrator to do this.
<?xml version ="1.0"?> <configuration> <startup> <requiredRuntime version="v1.1.4322" /> </startup> </configuration>
Now run the setup and watch the installation complete. Remember to remove the “msiexec.exe.config” file after completing the setup.
Thanks for this post, I was trying to help out my brother with his Turbo Delphi installation on Vista, and this was PERFECT.
From where you’ve got information about structure and parameters of msiexec.exe.config file? Im interesting, is it possible somehow to change the standard placement of
installer folder (%windows%\system32\installer or so)?
Does not work for me, the installer won’t open if the file is in the system32 folder. (Vista Ultimate x64)
Could i save it in a Word document, and it would still work?
It will have to be saved as a plain text file with the correct name and placed in the system32 folder.
The .NET framework will not parse a native Word document even if the name of the file is correct.
How can i do that??
The easiest is to use Notepad; copy the config into Notepad and Save as “msiexec.exe.config”.
Let me know and I can send the file to you.
That would be nice.
My E-mail address is henrik_kruse@hotmail.com
I’ve just installed Notepad light but it wount work..
Would you send it?
And thanks
can you send me the file? my e-mail is bersek5@hotmail.com,
I tried to do it but it don’t works, thanks
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Hi All..
Thanks for your solutions is work on my Vista Home Basic.
But i still have a problem where i cant open delphi help from Delphi menus.
have You any solution?
Thanks
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