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Doing a complete reinstallation of delphi 3

Question: I need to do a complete reinstallation of Delphi 3. How do I do this? Answer: Uninstall Delphi 3 using the following five steps: Back up all project files; Optional: back up aliases by backing up idapi32.cfg, using it to replace the newly installed idapi32.cfg after reinstallation; It is recommended that all third party and custom components be reinstalled after the complete reinstallation of Delphi 3; Use the windows add/remove programs utility to remove Delphi 3, answering "yes" to remove all files; Manually remove the "Delphi 3" directory from your system. Install Delphi 3 using the following five steps: Insert the Delphi 3 CD into CD-ROM Drive; If auto-play is enabled, the Delphi 3 Setup Launcher will automatically run. If the Delphi 3 Setup Launcher does not automatically run, run the file install.exe in the root directory of your Delphi 3 CD; Follow the on screen instructions to install Delphi 3; From Optional Uninstall #2 above: back up idapi32.cfg by copying over the newly installed idapi32.cfg; Install all third party and custom components. 4/2/99 11:54:57 AM Last Modified: 01-SEP-99 Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- · '$2109 Cannot initalize the BDE' error when deploying InstallShield application community.borland.com Article #16739: '$2109 Cannot initalize the BDE' error when deploying InstallShield application Question and Answer Database FAQ1739D.txt '$2109 Cannot initalize the BDE' error when deploying InstallShield application Category :Install Issues Platform :All Product :Delphi 3.x Question: I get error $2109 "Cannot initalize the Borland Database Engine" when running an application deployed with InstallShield Express. What's wrong? Answer: A problem with either ISExpress or your setup configuration in ISExpress has caused the following entry to be left out of the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE|BORLAND|DATABASE ENGINE | DLLPATH. This entry is probably empty on the deployed machine's registry. Enter the path to IDAPI32.DLL (usually \borland\common files\bde)