I traced back through the posts again and your post was in response to the idea of adding the VFP runtimes to the .NET Framework install. I can clearly see your point. I apologize for the misunderstanding Sergey... the lines blurred and I got confused. <g>

>>I'm not sure I understand how having the runtimes download/install compounds the problem any worse than it already is. I mean it seems like the same problem would exist if my VFP9 application's runtimes and your VFP9 SP1 runtimes came with our apps and installed into "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP". Placing the runtimes in the application's root folder (or at least offering this as an option) would mitigate DLL hell to some extent. But, the problem exists with or without the runtimes being available through the net. Or am I missing your point?
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>I didn't comment on download/install at all so I'm not sure where your question comes from. And yes, I do agree with what you're saying.