Delphi 2007 x Windows 10 - Error on opening project

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Just updated from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and now when I try to open any project on Delphi 2007, I get his error :

Unable to load project xxxxx The imported project "c:\Windows\Microsft.NET...\Borland.Delphi.Targets" was not found. Confirm that the path declaration is correct, and that file exists on disk

Any hints to fix it ?

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delphidelphi-2007windows-10
Did you check the path? Did you find the mentioned project there? - René Hoffmann
How did you update on Windows 10? If you didn't reinstall windows, it's likely that Win10 was installed in C:\Windows\` while your old windows directory has been moved to C:\Windows.old\`. - René Hoffmann
I just downloaded the ISO and follow the update instructions on screen. Anyway, i've just found the solution in the link on the answer. - delphirules
My Delphi 2007 compile project ok but if I want run with debugger from time to time hangup and software not start. Finally returned to win 8.1 - bendras
Note: You can also get this issue when moving from one Windows 10 release to another. I got it moving from 1703 to 1803 - Gerry Coll

3 Answers

43
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You need to copy some files in your old Windows folder to the new one. After that projects open again.

The needed files are these :

C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Common.Targets
C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Cpp.Targets
C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Delphi.Targets
C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Group.Targets

Just copy them from the older Windows folder ( C:\Windows.old\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ ) to the new one.

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I suspect that you've done an in-place upgrade of Windows. That is probably not compatible with your Delphi installation. Specifically the msbuild target files that you identified in your answer.

But there may well be more issues than this. I recommend performing a repair install of your Delphi. I believe that will bring the Delphi installation into line with the new OS. If you are at all paranoid about in-place upgrades and repair installs then you might contemplate a full Delphi re-installation.

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As I was told to make my comment into an answer:

I had the same problem after the Win10 anniversary update. Here too the files are found in c:\Windows.old. As already listed by others, the files are

  • C:\Windows.old\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Common.Targets
  • C:\Windows.old\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Cpp.Targets
  • C:\Windows.old\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Delphi.Targets
  • C:\Windows.old\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Borland.Group.Targets

They need to be copied to their corresponding directory in c:\Windows.

You should note however that the Windows.old directory is automatically deleted after a couple of days! For the initial Win10 this seemed to be 28 days, for the anniversary update I was told it's only 10 days! I don't know about newer versions, though.