BDE hangs when clicking Apply

Problem:

BDE hangs when trying to save configuration (Right click > Apply), even when running BDE as administrator.
This usually happens on my Windows 8 / Windows 10 64 bit machines. Not sure about Windows 7 / 32 bit machines.

Approach:

Open the directory where BDE is installed / running from. 

Right click and create a new "Text Document". Paste the content below into the new text document.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">

<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0"

processorArchitecture="X86"

name="BDEadmin"

type="win32" />

<description>BDEadmin </description>

<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">

<security>

<requestedPrivileges>

<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" />

</requestedPrivileges>

</security>

</trustInfo>

</assembly>

Save the document as bdeadmin.exe.manifest (<exe name>.manifest). Set save as type to "All Files".

Run BDE as admin again, should be able to save / "Apply" normally now.