Recently I updated my computer operating system from Win 95 to Windows NT 4.0 -
Microsoft’s latest and greatest offering for the desktop. Most things seem to work well under
NT 4.0 with one very critical failure or oversight. That pertains to creating distribution disks
on a FoxPro for Windows 2.6 application.

The known problem according to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q103032 - "PRB: RUN/!
Command Failed with Windows NT", states that using the RUN command without the /N
parameter FoxPro stops execution until the RUN command completes and the MS-DOS
session is closed. The article goes on to say that "because Windows NT is a preemptive
multitasking operating system, it switches control back and forth between FoxPro and the
RUN command. This can cause FoxPro to time out while it is waiting for the RUN command
to complete."

The very critical piece to this as far as I am concerned is highlighted and states:

NOTE: This problem affects the SetupWizard in the FoxPro Distribution Kit, which also
uses a RUN command, causing it to fail at the point where compression starts.

Is there any solution to this problem? I hate to call Microsoft and pay $95 for a problem
they know about but have not fixed. Microsoft needs to realize that not everyone, especially
clients purchasing custom software, have the hardware required for their latest releases.