>>>>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
>>>
>>>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

thanks, I mistakenly looked under the wizards folder.