>Sorry no. I maxed out my help potential by remembering the /C option
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>I don't think I've altered any relevant VFP setting and
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RUN mycommand > myfile

>works just fine in VFP for me.
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>Manually clicking Start - Run and using the CMD /C option also works, but I don't know how to invoke it programatically if that's what you need and RUN doesn't work for you.
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>Good luck.........Rich

Try it from Start/Run command without cmd/c