>I've deployed a couple of small EXEs on a Win XP machine. Here's the Main.prg:
>
>*********************************************************************
>* NOTE: Adding a config.fpw with "SCREEN = OFF" makes this redundant.
>_SCREEN.Visible = .F.
>
>SET DELETED ON
>
>SET DEFAULT TO ADDBS(JUSTPATH(SUBSTR(SYS(16), AT(":", SYS(16) )-1)))
>
>DO FORM frmMyApp.scx
>
>ON SHUTDOWN QUIT
>
>READ EVENTS
>
>*********************************************************************
>
>The ON SHUTDOWN should end the EXE and pull it from system memory, but it doesn't. I first noticed this when I tried to rename the EXE and the OS wouldn't let me. I inspected Windows Task Manager and sure enough the bugger was still in memory. I killed it with Task Manager, but I need to know how to well and truely end the app.



Your ON SHUTDOWN should point to a program, instead of just QUIT. The program should do a cleanup of everything, including any dangling object references (which may be better cleaned in the program or method when they are not needed anymore). Obj references may be your problem, that does not allow VFP to exit.

See: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~ManualGarbageCollection