Error while installing BDE

[John Richard Procter]

Error while installing BDE: "Merging the configuraton file has failed"

Borland and http://www.bdesupport.com
have the following information regarding this error:

BDE

1. Make certain that any existing copy of the IDAPI32.CFG file
   on the target system is not marked Read-Only. And that it is accessible.
2. Running an application that uses the BDE while installing another
   copy of BDE.
3. The IDAPI configuration file on the target machine is corrupt.

Try to move the current installed BDE to another folder
and re-install the BDE.

Installshield:

According to InstallShield, this error commonly occurs if
there was a previous BDE installation and the following two registry
keys still exist:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\BLW32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine

If these two keys exist in the registry, try deleting them and re-run
the installation.