Running Delphi on Vista
Posted by compactwater on December29 2007
Fortunately, I have a new computer, unfortunately, it has Vista pre-installed.
First step, get rid of Anti-virus (this may not be necessary) McAfee will kill Delphi upon: Installation, Compiling, Debugging, and close it for renaming files- don’t understand why it’s so “evil”, but if you want Delphi, the Anti-virus has to go.
Download and run this: http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
You will be asked to restart your computer, do so. Check if it was completely removed, if not try the legendary Google to solve this part of the problem.
Second, goto your Delphi installation folder, and find Delphi32.exe in the bin folder. Right click=> Properties, and goto the compatibility tab. Check “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” and choose Windows XP SP 2. Also check “Run this program as an administrator”.
You can now use Delphi on Vista!
Tested with Borland Delphi 7 Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
