>If you add the fullpath to the file it doesn't use the search path:
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>?FILE("vfp9.exe")               && returns .F.
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>SET PATH TO HOME()
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>?FILE("vfp9.exe")               && returns .T.
>?FILE(FULLPATH("")+"vfp9.exe")  && retruns .F.
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Voila! I was trying FILE('.\myfile') which returned .T. Thank you. I feel much better.