D2007 in Windows 10 VM

[Bill Meyer 337]

Today I encountered a problem. I cloned a Windows 7 VM in which I have D2007 installed. Upgraded to Windows 10, which now means 21H2.

Problem 1: Delphi 2007 failed during loading. That proved to be an issue with the IDE FixPack, and there is a version for Windows 10, so resolved that.

Problem 2: Opened my main project, and quickly received an error about c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\Borland.Common.Targets not being found.

 

I have not found a resolution for the second issue. It occurred because the former C:\Windows is now contained in C:\Windows.old. Tried copying Borland.Common.Targets from there to the folder where it expects to find it. Got the same error.

Am setting this aside for the moment. It is not yet a blocking problem, but is expected to be, as IT tightens the security noose. 

I do expect to try upgrading a clone to 21H1, which I think did not create the problem when I used it some months ago. But I may be defeated by the installation of updates during the upgrade.

 

For anyone else using D2007, be careful of Windows 10 updates.

[Attila Kovacs 629]

There are no issues with D2007 on 21H2 at all.

I have never seen an app complaining for a file which is on the location it's being searched and the app has the rights to using it.

[Bill Meyer 337]

5 minutes ago, Attila Kovacs said:

There are no issues with D2007 on 21H2 at all.

I have never seen an app complaining for a file which is on the location it's being searched and the app has the rights to using it.

I have resolved the issue here. The point is that there are files which needed by D2007, but relocated by the windows update. Four appear to have been critical.

[Nigel Thomas 35]

Windows "Feature Updates" move Windows to Windows.old as part of the update process. I usually search in there for the missing files, and move them to the new Windows directory. I also keep a copy of the files elsewhere, just in case Microsoft loses them..

 

The files concerned are:

Borland.Common.Targets

Borland.Cpp.Targets

Borland.Delphi.Targets

Borland.Group.Targets

 

And they need to be present (and therefore copied to, from Windows.old, or your stashed location) in:

Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.0.50727

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Nigel Thomas
clarification

[Angus Robertson 574]

Ditto, I use Delphi 2007 (and 10.4 and 11.1) on Windows 11. 

 

Learnt 10 years ago that I needed a backup of the four NET target files, and have restored them numerous times since after Windows Updates. 

 

Sort of related, I also have a workaround that brings the old Windows Help 32 system back to life, as used by Delphi 7 and many other applications from 20 years ago,  but which was removed from Windows Vista and later  https://www.magsys.co.uk/apps/

 

Angus

 

[Bill Meyer 337]

3 hours ago, Angus Robertson said:

Learnt 10 years ago that I needed a backup of the four NET target files, and have restored them numerous times since after Windows Updates.

Odd that I had not encountered this in the past.