It was worse than that, vfp9.exe in the runtimes was latest, the others were not. Lots of weird results looking like permissions problems, not reading files right so could not find the data directory. lots of weird stuff. I think there was a bad update from M$ at one point. Al
-----Original Message----- > So the exe was built with the latest hot fixes, and the workstation had the SP2 RTM? I'll keep that tid bit in mind when dealing with clients. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/81D5DFC631B74428AE4C3B8AC57E9420@gslredacer ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.