Hi,
It is usually a rights issue in directory where they are created.

>I have a program that when run in Win98 will create foxuser.fbf and .fpt if they are missing. It creates it with three rows. I have no idea whether the creation is done by VFP, or by some specific program code.
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>I just noticed that when the program is run in XP, if the foxuser files are missing it does not create them, and if present it deletes all rows and empties it.
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>VFP9