Tracy,

A look at the eventlog showed that it was trying to install a missing dll for an external zip program. I found the dll and copied it into the path and presto...

Thank's for helping out to all of you.

BR

>is the message similar to "windows is configuring Microsoft Office" ? If so, insert the correct cd it is asking for (probably Office 2K) and let it do its thing. Then it should never ask you again. This ocurred for us with VFP9 once or twice and for some reason loading missing files from the MSFT Office cd fixed it. It was only on one or two installs though that it ever ocurred. Are you using Activex controls? Perhaps something is missing from your install or a related file which is missing...
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>>Fred,
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>>Tried it, no success. Anything else come to mind?
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>>BTW, I do have another VFP9 Exe running in the same dir, same everything, without a hitch.
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>>I think I'll try rebuilding the project from scratch.
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>>BR
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>>>>I have just ported an app. that originally was created in Vfp 7 to Vfp 9.
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>>>>The exe works fine, but when it's moved to the server where it's supposed to run, it starts some sort of installation process with windows installer.
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>>>>I have absolutely no idea what's going on, so help is appreciated.
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>>>>TIA & BR
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>>>Check your registry entry for:
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>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
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>>>and see if you have an entry for SETUP.EXE there.
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>>>I've found that removing this key will eliminate this error. If your not comfortable with that, the Default key value under SETUP.EXE can be removed, as that's the one causing the grief.