> Dear Sir/Mdm,
>   I have purchased Delphi 3.0 and have installed it onto my PC. However,
> due to some harddisk space constraints, I uninstalled Delphi 3.0. In the
> process, I deleted all the shared files used by Delphi 3. Now, when I
> try to install the software again, the program will simply hang whenever
> it starts up, with the Delphi title screen (the one with the statue)
> still on the screen. I would like to enquire whether is there anything
> wrong with my installation process, or is my registry corrupted? If the
> problem lies with neither, then what is the problem, and what can be
> done to solve it, so that Delphi 3 can run properly again? Kindly reply.
> Thank you very, very much.

> If that doesn't work, you may have deleted some files that the registry thinks
> are still there.

> See the document "Doing a complete re-installation of Delphi 3"
> http://www.inprise.com/devsupport/delphi/qanda/1298.html
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> Richard
> Delphi Developer Support
> www.inprise.com
> (I do not respond to support questions by e-mail)