Install Delphi 7 in Windows 7

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Installation

• Make sure you run this as administrator, you will need the privs.
• Run the Delphi Installer. Use defaults for the file locations, ignore the incompability warnings.
• Dont start Delphi 7 as it will complain when starting a project about unable to rename delphi32. $. dro in the/program files/Delphi directories. and something about debug options requiring a change.
  So there are access problems, as to be expected. Windows 7 is a lot more robust, so directories are better protected.

Solve the access problems

1. Open the properties on C:/program files/delphixxx directory.
2. On the first tab clear the read-only attribute
3. Open the Security Tab
4. Give users full access to C:/program files/delphixxx directory

Now Delphi can be used to write programs again.

2. The help file cannot be used.
Install this Windows Update: (Windows 7 update will be pushed)

Http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? Familyid = inherit & displaylang = en & hash = bc0nbvsztnc % 2fmhn01kruqt?vztczdjbiav3sso % fill % 3d % 3d # filelist

We finally got rid of the system that has been in use for more than three years and used the new system!

I have tried the above methods in the Windows 7 pro x86/64 English version and have not found any problems.