>Sorry, I misread the help file. This, to me, makes no sense. If all GDI dlls are registered in the registry, I fail to see how Foxpro will actually find the correct one without using an explicit path.

Hi Mike,

The GDIPLUS.DLL is not a COM DLL. It cannot be registered.
VFP loads a GDIPLUS.DLL on startup. My guess is, if path is not specified it uses the one already loaded.
Check http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2006/04/27/585305.aspx for some related info.