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Move complete Delphi installation to another PC?

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Gerhard Hofmann

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May 29, 2001, 9:03:27 AM5/29/01
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Hello,

I have a Delphi installation with lots of third-party components in
the component palette.

Any chance to move my complete Delphi installation to another PC
without having to re-install all the components?

TIA
Gerhard Hofmann

Udo Nesshoever

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May 29, 2001, 11:20:52 AM5/29/01
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Hi Gerhard,

> I have a Delphi installation with lots of third-party components in
> the component palette.
>
> Any chance to move my complete Delphi installation to another PC
> without having to re-install all the components?

Standard Plug'n'Pray procedure:

Save Delphi's registry settings on the old PC.
Save recursively the complete Delphi path incl. all 3rd party
components.
Install Delphi on the other machine using exactely the same paths.
Copy the saved files/paths onto the new PC.
Merge the registry settings into the new computer's registry.

[success not guaranteed]

Cheers,
Udo
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Gerhard Hofmann

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May 30, 2001, 2:27:53 AM5/30/01
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On Tue, 29 May 2001 17:20:52 +0200, "Udo Nesshoever"
<newsgro...@gmx.net> wrote:

>Hi Gerhard,
>
>> I have a Delphi installation with lots of third-party components in
>> the component palette.
>>
>> Any chance to move my complete Delphi installation to another PC
>> without having to re-install all the components?
>
>Standard Plug'n'Pray procedure:
>
>Save Delphi's registry settings on the old PC.

What are "Delphi's registry settings"? Should I search for "Delphi" in
the whole registry?

Udo Nesshoever

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May 30, 2001, 2:14:56 PM5/30/01
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Hi Gerhard,

>What are "Delphi's registry settings"? Should I search for "Delphi" in
>the whole registry?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\Delphi
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\Delphi

Browse there and decide youself what you want to keep.

IMHO a clean install cannot be replaced by any copy procedure. You never
know what you missed so when an error comes up the "fake" install
*could* be the reason...

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