>>>Is it a correct premise that during FoxPro's initialization the settings contained in the prevailing Config.fpw configuration file (or an aggregation of two files if 'ALLOWEXTERNAL = ON') will apply?
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>>>Of even greater interest, can we confirm that once FoxPro has initialized, no other configuration files will have any effect, even if a subsequently called application includes its own internal Config.fpw?
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>>Yes.
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>Boris, did you test that second premise?

The second question (as I understand it) is "If I run VFP (instance/application) and then I run an other application built with VFP, does its CONFIG.FPW will not affect already started VFP?"
So the answer is YES :-)