Borland Not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

[mileshanley]

I reinstalled the program and the BDE Administrator is still missing. I even rebooted the laptop to make sure.

[MichaelHoenie]

Are you doing all of this with an administrator account? Is Vista hiding the icons and directory from you - OR - is Vista simply now allowing the programs to be installed?

I've never seen this, on dozens and dozens of technical support calls for Vista, this is the first time I've seen an install NOT install the BDE, either in the Registry OR in the Control Panel.

Are you logged in as the Administrator or - someone with Administrator rights?

OK...

Can you browse to your C:\ drive and tell me if this directory exists?

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE

And if it does, does it have bdeadmin.exe inside it? Can you run it?

[mileshanley]

I thought I left a response yesterday. Apparently it did not upload. But I reloaded the program and the BDE Administrator is still missing. Something must be blocking it from installing.

[MichaelHoenie]

Right, I saw your reply, that's ok.

I know it isn't showing in the Control Panel, but is it in Program Files?

Does this directory exist? C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE

And if it does, does it have bdeadmin.exe inside it? Can you run it?

[mileshanley]

It is not located in the common files. A copy of my common files is attached.

[mileshanley]

Right after I pasted the last tree, I saw the Borland program. But the executable you asked me to run is not there. It is below.

[MichaelHoenie]

Ok, the file is there, but Vista is just hiding the extension from you. If you look, there is a little yellow icon called "BDEADMIN". That is the one you need to run.

Once you run it, click on the "Databases" tab, then click on "AvoBaseDB", and tell me what the "PATH" is equal to. The PATH should be C:\AvoBase.

Also in that SAME program, click on the "Configuration" tab, expand the tree, click on Drivers, Native, Paradox - and tell me what the NET DIR is at the top? The NET DIR should be C:\AvoBase.

Let me know.

[mileshanley]

The NET DIR just has C:\.

[MichaelHoenie]

The NET DIR just has C:\.

Ok, change the NET DIR to C:\AvoBase, click on another line (anywhere), and then up top, there is a little blue arrow that points to the right. Click that to SAVE.

Then, you need to click on the Databases tab, click on the AvoBaseDB item, and see what the line "PATH" is.

It should be: C:\AvoBase\DataBase

Let me know.

[mileshanley]

I changed the NET DIR and the AvoBAseDB "Path" is correct.