The user can create a new file and content and view the results of that process in the directory that houses the DBF files. Perhaps this is being narrowed down a bit and appears to be a potential aggressive virus scan. Only issue I have is that I do not have the access rights to turn it off and the administrators are out on vacation...

>>Here is the update - SET EXCLUSIVE OFF is the setting. I ran the EXE on my notebook without issue and did the same with a co-worker that does not have the VFP 9 software just the EXE. That works fine for him and we are all on the same Windows network and are in the same bldg.
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>>The target person that is slated to run the EXE continues to have the recurring issue with the following error message:
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>>Error: 1705
>>File access is denied.
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>>Got any other ideas?
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>Check access rights on the data folder for that person.