>>>I modified my config.fpw and made following change and all seems well now.
>>>RESOURCE = C:\Documents and Settings\bowen\Desktop\bowen\foxuser.dbf
>>>resource=On
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>>Glad you made it to work. I'm not sure why setting interactively didn't work.
>Appreciate your toil, can you also tell me what the wizard setting should be under file locations as well?
>thanks

I have c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpro 8\wizard.app