Older versions of Delphi will (eventually) run fine on Windows 7 or 8. There are quite a few items to resolve.
Let me refer you to this excellent article, which still applies. http://www.drbob42.com/examines/examin84.htm This explains that you just ignore the compatibility message. I have Delphi 5 installed on Windows 8.1, and it is now working fine. I had trouble here in UK installing the old 32 bit help, and took the following notes at the time: On windows 8 and windows 8.1 WinHlp32 has not been installed by default - You need to download and install it. See http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40899 However, it won't install her in UK. You get the message "The update is not applicable to your computer." The reason is that the update is not applicable to UK English. I had to go to Control Panel / Languages. Then I managed to work out how to download and install the English (US) Language pack. With that at the top of the list I was able to install WinHlp32 and my Delphi Help is now running fine. More here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/ee5380ff-3002-4495- a92b-f4667773b87d/windows-81-pro-winhlp32exe-not-running?forum=w8itproappcom pat I also had trouble with Common Controls 6, and now normally use a manifest that ensures applications run using Common Controls 5. Even with this I do get some strange behaviour with close buttons sometimes being invisible. While I've got rid of the problem I'm not completely sure why! I don't use Delphi very much any more, so haven't got further on this. Best wishes, Brendan Blake -----Original Message----- From: Delphi [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold Sent: 07 June 2014 13:56 To: 'Moderated List for the Discussion of Delphi Programming excluding Database-related topics' Subject: RE: Running Delphi on 64-bit machines Jeff, I recently needed to move my Delphi 7 to a new desktop machine, which was a Win 8, 64-bit. I googled to see if others had attempted something similar and found at least one site that had some detail. So, I made the install, installed all of the components, did a bit of testing and it seems to work fine. Now, I haven't done a huge amount of testing yet, but what I've done has worked well. The old machine was 12+ years old and one thing that astounded me was how fast a compile or build was compared to the old machine. I made a directory on the C: drive (D7) and installed to that directory instead of Program Files which is much more 'locked down' from Vista on. I did a google search on "install Delphi 7 on Windows 7". There are multiple sites that discuss how to pull this off successfully. I just followed the suggestions on the 64-bit Win 8 machine. Apparently, you can install to "Program Files" but you have to relax the security (if not eliminate it entirely) on that directory, which is probably not a good idea in my opinion. Harold Schwartz >-----Original Message----- >From: Delphi [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Jeffrey Schwartz >Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 2:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Running Delphi on 64-bit machines > > I'm a legacy user of Delphi 3 where I > am able to write small and medium applications for my personal needs > and education. I have never needed anything more. > > I just upgraded to a 64-bit Windows 7 machine and Delphi 3 won't > install because 'it is not compatible'. I don't want to create 64-bit > applications. I just want to run Delphi 3. > > Is there a workaround for this? Is it the installer that is not > compatible or is it Delphi 3 itself? If I need to upgrade, what is > the 'minimum' upgrade of Delphi I need to install on a 64-bit Win7 > computer? > > Thank you for your time and attention. > > Jeff Schwartz > >_______________________________________________ >Delphi mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
