Access violation at address 50043a45 in module 'rtl160.bpl'. Read of address 00000000

Question

Just updated delphi xe2.

The delphi crashes at startup with the error message:

Access violation at adress 50043a45 in module 'rtl160.bpl'. Read of address 00000000

Tried to reinstall update 3, didn't help. Looked in here and no response. Reported to Embarcadero, no response.

Any suggestions to how to solve this thing? half a day went to the trash for now.

Solution

Try these 3 things:

1. create a shortcut for the $(delphi)\bin\bde.exe , where $(Delphi) is C:\Program Files\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\ usualy

2. Modify the shortcut that starts your product and add -rfoo to the end. Your revised shortcut will look like:

   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\bin\bds.exe" -rfoo

3. If you are on Windows 7 or Vista, right click and Run as Adminstrator

AND AFTER AN HOUR OF WORK, THE EXCEPTION IS BACK. f*** it, I'm throwing this IDE to the garbage.