>>>>>Click on Modify window in this dialog and make sure to check the ON checkbox
>>>>>
>>>>>I just checked mine, it is c:\documents and settings\nadyan\application data\microsoft\visual foxpro 8\foxuser.dbf
>>>>
>>>>Done that, and even moved the foxuser dbf and fpt over to \documents and settings\etc and pointed to that, and presto, it won't save these settings.
>>>
>>>I'm sorry, I don't have more ideas right this moment :( May be on weekend.
>>
>>OK thanks.
>>PS I note that when vfp starts up, I type ?SYS(2005), it always shows
>>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8\foxuser.dbf. :(
>
>What is your VFP version? Do you have VFP8 installed as well as 9? Try to put config.fpw in your VFP9 directory and specify different name for foxuser.
>
>I have VFP8 here and sys(2005) returns
>C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\NADYAN\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\VISUAL FOXPRO 8\FOXUSER.DBF

I just have Vfp8. Recently, I deleted my foxuser.dbf in attempt to fix some other issue I was having. would this indicative of this problem at this point?