Windows 10 Creators Update is breaking Borlands Database Desktop (Dbd32.exe)

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Borlands Database Desktop and the underlying BDE engine were produced by Borland and have long been deprecated and don't ship with the latest Delphi and RAD Studio products. This has been the case for many years now. I don't think there is any plan to look into this very old technology -- and I work for the company.

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autonomy

Been in IT work since 1985

Updated on September 18, 2022

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autonomy almost 2 years

Windows 10 Creators Update is breaking Borlands Database Desktop. The program looks like it's starting and them immediately crashes. I've tried this now on 3 machines so far. Has anyone else seen this? And doesn't anyone know how to troubleshoot this type of issue? Ive tried... A clean boot using MSConfig. Running in compatibility mode (All Windows versions tested). Ran Compatibility mode troubleshooter. Running it as an administrator. Nothing worked.

Thanks

UPDATE: The "official" release just went live today and it still doesn't work.
- Ramhound about 7 years
  
  Have you contacted the publisher of the software and reported the problem? So you are aware, the Creators Update, has not been official released. That happens on April 11th 2017.
- autonomy about 7 years
  
  MS has made the update available as an ISO starting today. And the publisher has long since stopped development on it. But it's a legacy product I still need to support.
- Ramhound about 7 years
  
  If you have tried a compatability shim, then honestly, you have tried everything you can try outside of rolling back to the previous feature update. I presume you have attempted to reinstall the application?
Ramhound about 7 years

This isn't an actual solution its a workaround, a workaround, that only will work for 4 months and only possible if your using Windows 10 Professional+
Paweł Witas about 7 years

I have found and installed Update Disabler , that should prevent upgrade to Creators Update.
autonomy about 7 years

I didn't expect help from the publisher really. Was more hoping someone has found a work around maybe. Thanks.
Paweł Witas almost 7 years

Windows Update MiniTool is so much better, you can hide current updates by clicking the "recycle" symbol, selecting "Functions update for Windows 10, version 1703" by scrolling to the bottom and by clicking ±H symbol.