That sounds like a good strategy. Thanks very much.

>>Jos,
>>Do you happen to know if a VFP exe that is running under a non-admin user can invoke DllRegisterServer for an OCX?
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>I think you need admin rights, at least I have found for the OCX's that I use that I need admin rights for registering them. Thereafter all users can use it. If I fail on the register I CATCH it and tell the user what is needed to proceed.