>I just cringe at having to ask this question. I've seen the answer before. . . . . but how can I prevent the foxuser icons from being planted on the desktop everytime an app runs?

If you don't use it, add RESOURCE=OFF to the config.fpw. Otherwise change Start in' in the launching shortcut to your application directory.
If you're not usig a shortuc, how do you launch tour application? Where it's located?