>I have an application that is installed on a Windows 2000 Server running SP4. In the initial start of the program exclusive is off and we are getting a 1705 error opening the first table. I have this installed on other Windows 2000 Servers without error. The application will open file on the server, but not on a workstation accessing the server.
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>I suspected that it was permissions, but the user can open the table using wordpad and it allow him to open and view the contents.
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>It seemed that I had seen this problem on this site, but I can't seem to find the solution now.

I would check antivirus on the server and workstations and make sure that VFP table files (.DBF, .CDX and .FPT) ar excluded from the scans.