Sandy,
If it's a PRG file, (as it seems from your reference to ModiComm) then a crash does not always release the compiled FXP file. Win95 treats these 'holds' differently from WinNT. I don't have an answer, unfortunately.

Barbara

>Hello All;
>We've developed a problem and I would like to know if anyone else has come across this issue.
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>We are working on a Novell 4 Lan. My co-worker has WindowsNT installed on her machine. I work out of Windows95.
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>When a VFP5 program crashes on her machine, she tries to issue a modi comm command and gets the message access denied. I try to access the same program and I also receive the message access denied.
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>She then quits out of VFP and I can now access the file. She brings back VFP5 and tries to access the file (after I have closed it) and sure enough, she gets the message - access denied.
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>Only when she actually reboots her machine does she regain access to the file.
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>WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!!!
>Weird stuff for sure.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Sandy