Delphi 7 file associations - "repair" installation doesn't
I recently upgraded from Delphi 5 pro to Delphi 7 pro. I installed D7 while keeping D5 installed until I got everything working in D7. Then I uninstalled D5. Now all the file associations have been lost for Delphi files. I tried the D7 repair installation but it did not repair the problem. As far as I can tell, the old "registry only" installation is no longer present. Re-installing D7 with the same options on top of the existing installation does not fix the problem.
Is there any way to fix the installation without completely uninstalling and re-installing? I've done quite a bit of customizing and installing my specialized settings, components, etc, so I hate to have to do that all over again.
Is there any way to fix the installation without completely uninstalling and re-installing? I've done quite a bit of customizing and installing my specialized settings, components, etc, so I hate to have to do that all over again.
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I wanted to close this so I split the points for the two who responded.
Conclusion - this is a problem with Delphi. There is no solution. There is no warning about this issue in Delphi 7 readme or FAQs.
Anyone who is installing Delphi 7 to replace Delphi 5 should be cautioned: Either uninstall Delphi 5 before installling Delphi 7, or don't ever uninstall Delphi 5 after installing Delphi 7.
Conclusion - this is a problem with Delphi. There is no solution. There is no warning about this issue in Delphi 7 readme or FAQs.
Anyone who is installing Delphi 7 to replace Delphi 5 should be cautioned: Either uninstall Delphi 5 before installling Delphi 7, or don't ever uninstall Delphi 5 after installing Delphi 7.
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http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3ed3502e%240%2449113%24e4fe514c%40news.xs4all.nl&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Ddelphi%2B7%2Binstall%2Bassociation%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg
This thread does not contain a real solution, though, other than the tedious process of manually re-associatiing each file type, although the hint of fixing the registry reference in HKCR_Applications is helpful.
I am looking for a way to cause the installer to fix the problem - like the "registry only" install in previous versions of Delphi did.