>>I ended up reinstalling VFP. It fixed both problems - but now I'll never know what the actual cause was . I hate that :-{
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>That would reregister the treeview and several other COM objects (which the project object is one of).

Hi Rick,

I don't think it was a problem with the Treeview (one was used in the project in question and worked fine) but I guess it could have been a problem with a different com...
Best,
Viv