After getting Delphi 2005/2006 and 2007 working again the last stumbling block was Delphi 6. It used to work fine on Windows 8 but after the update to Windows 8.1 it always started the registration wizard for a new activation. Unfortunately this activation did not work, I tried it twice, just to be sure. So, … Continue reading Delphi 6 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit) →

After getting Delphi 2007 to work again I tried to do the same for Delphi 2005 and 2006. Both versions require the dotNET framework 1.1 which is officially no longer supported on Windows 8 (and 8.1). According to Microsoft, you should contact your independent software vendor (ISV) to have the application upgraded to run on … Continue reading Delphi 2005/2006 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit) →

When I updated to Windows 8.1 my Delphi 2007 installation broke. I could no longer open projects in the IDE and my command line compilation scripts also stopped working. It turned out that some files that were added by the installer to the dotNET framework were missing. In addition there is a known problem with … Continue reading Delphi 2007 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit) →