diff --git a/windows/src/developer/TIKE/main/KeymanDeveloperUtils.pas b/windows/src/developer/TIKE/main/KeymanDeveloperUtils.pas
index 5cc891f958..6a3eaacc43 100644
--- a/windows/src/developer/TIKE/main/KeymanDeveloperUtils.pas
+++ b/windows/src/developer/TIKE/main/KeymanDeveloperUtils.pas
@@ -340,7 +340,12 @@ end;
 
 function IsKeymanDesktopInstalled: Boolean;
 begin
-  Result := FileExists(TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell));
+  try
+    Result := FileExists(TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell));
+  except
+    on E:EKeymanPath do
+      Result := False;
+  end;
 end;
 
 procedure InstallPackage(const nm: string; FCanInstallUnreg: Boolean);
@@ -356,7 +361,16 @@ begin
     Exit;
   end;
 
-  kmshell := TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell);
+  try
+    kmshell := TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell);
+  except
+    on E:EKeymanPath do
+    begin
+      ShowMessage('Keyman Desktop is not installed.  You must install Keyman Desktop to install this keyboard.');
+      Exit;
+    end;
+  end;
+
   if TUtilExecute.WaitForProcess('"'+kmshell+'" -i "'+nm+'"', ExtractFilePath(nm)) = False then  // I3475
     ShowMessage('Failed to install package: '+errmsg);
 
@@ -615,7 +629,12 @@ end;
 
 function GetKMShellPath(var ps: string): Boolean;   // I3655
 begin
-  ps := TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell);
+  try
+    ps := TKeymanPaths.KeymanDesktopInstallPath(TKeymanPaths.S_KMShell);
+  except
+    on E:EKeymanPath do
+      Exit(False);
+  end;
   Result := FileExists(ps);
 end;
 
diff --git a/windows/src/global/delphi/general/KeymanPaths.pas b/windows/src/global/delphi/general/KeymanPaths.pas
index 5ec2df5cba..5e92b59533 100644
--- a/windows/src/global/delphi/general/KeymanPaths.pas
+++ b/windows/src/global/delphi/general/KeymanPaths.pas
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ unit KeymanPaths;
 
 interface
 
+uses
+  System.SysUtils;
+
 type
+  EKeymanPath = class(Exception);
+
   TKeymanPaths = class
   public
     const S_KMShell = 'kmshell.exe';
@@ -28,7 +33,6 @@ uses
   Winapi.Windows,
   Winapi.ActiveX,
   Winapi.ShlObj,
-  System.SysUtils,
   System.Win.Registry,
 
   DebugPaths,
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ begin
   Result := GetDebugPath('KeymanDesktop', Result);
 
   if Result = '' then
-    raise Exception.Create('Unable to find the Keyman Desktop directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
+    raise EKeymanPath.Create('Unable to find the Keyman Desktop directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
 
   Result := IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(Result) + filename;
 end;
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ begin
   Result := GetDebugPath('KeymanEngine', Result);
 
   if Result = '' then
-    raise Exception.Create('Unable to find the Keyman Engine directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
+    raise EKeymanPath.Create('Unable to find the Keyman Engine directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
 
   Result := IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(Result) + filename;
 end;
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ begin
 
   Result := GetDebugPath('Keyboards', Result, True);
   if Result = '' then
-    raise Exception.Create('Unable to find the Keyboards directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
+    raise EKeymanPath.Create('Unable to find the Keyboards directory.  You should reinstall the product.');
 
   Result := Result + Filename;
 end;