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I talked to Borland technical support (on a different issue) and they
pointed me to the FAQ that answers this question.  I've already gotten the
patch installed by reinstalling BCB5 so I haven't tried this out, but it may
help others that hit the same problem:

Question:

When I attempt to install the ADO Express update, it refuses, indicating
that C++Builder Update 1 has not been installed. I've tried installing and
re-installing Update 1, but the ADO Express Update still will not install.

Answer:

The ADO Express update checks the version of your C++Builder installation
based on the timestamps on the C++Builder executables. If these timestamps
have been changed, the update will not install. To resolve this problem,
first make certain that C++Buidler 5 Update 1 has, indeed, been installed.
Open a command prompt (DOS box) and navigate to your C++Builder 5 Bin
directory. Use the TOUCH.EXE program to change the dates on the Builder
files with this command (without quotes): "touch -t17:01:00 -d07/08/2000
*.exe" and hit <Enter>. This will restamp the execuatble files with the
proper version number. The ADOExpress Update should now install without a
problem.




"Mike Baden" <mikebaden@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3b4baf77$1_1@dnews...
> I've got BCB5 Pro, with ADO Express, and am trying to load the patch
> (BCB5ADOUpgrade1.exe).  It complains that I need to load the BCB5 patch #1
> first, which I've already loaded (several times).  I've seen other
postings
> asking this question -- one response said that reloading BCB5 patch #1
> should allow the ADO patch to load, but that didn't work for me.  Another
> posting said that you need to reinstall BCB5 itself.  I'd really rather
not
> do that -- I've got a lot of 3rd party components, and it takes a couple
> hours or so to reload and rebuild everything.  Please, someone tell me
that
> Borland hasn't let such a stupid bug remain for so long.  Does anyone know
a
> better way around this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Baden
>
>