FredS

Always best to ignore the pretty pictures and use the instructions instead 🙂 BTW: I used that twice now and it works.

Maybe if Andy made 'skins' instead of compiler fixes there would be a free version in it for him 🙂

Did that, still occurs. But honestly I like to run without the Fix Pack for a while to see where we stand, and without doing an actual speed test I'd say 10.3.2 compiles slower than 10.3.1.

I did by sending a bug report.

First impressions (Feature Installer): Make a registry backup, it wiped out paths again Breaks 'Documentation Insight', reinstalling that did not solve the problem IDE Fix Pack throws an error so the compiler was changed, however compiling without appears as if its much slower than 10.3.1

Yes, because unlike the ISO you can use Tools>Manage Platforms to add/remove 'Features'

Sounds like an 'Awesome' feature while entering financial data into a spreadsheet

Yes, that is what I used but it doesn't take care of the screen saver. Thanks to this blog post I updated to use PowerCfg when (OS>=Win7).

OK, getting a temp filename from the OS solves that.

I don't understand the 'race condition'? I mean you are doing the most basic of all communications, execute an app, wait for it to exit and read the output file. In one form or another we do this every day 🙂 But since you are fishing for experience, I use this as part of a self updating feature. Get a Temp filename from the OS Write some data to it Execute another app waiting for it to complete Read any Error code it may have added to the file Delete the file Other than the New feature where a user can add the Temp folder to the 'Controlled Folder Access' Ransomware Protection this is as basic as it gets.

History will show that not firing him was the worst move by EMBT after this total betrayal of loyal customers..

Funny I still have a reg file from when I used Seattle: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\17.0\Form Design] "Show NonVisual Components"="True" Since it was never changed to include Berlin that must have been fixed.

Might be a good idea to run Beyond Compare to see the difference between the key and reg file before you do that the next time.

Feels like the 2 for 1 Lifetime Subscription sale is just around the corner..

If someone is only using Win32 and looks at the last releases there is no point in paying for a subscription that ends up adding more bugs at every turn. My guess is that EMBT found that out and are now turning to 'rentalware'. The 'bump' thing simply delays and staggers 'complainers', eventually you simply won't be able to move Delphi to a new computer unless you subsidize the worst subscription mechanism I've seen (lately). Nothing like getting an email 4-6 months ahead of time padded with useless extras.. Your mileage may vary..