>>>Is there such a file in that folder?
>>>BTW mine is in:
>>>c:\documents and settings\boris1\application data\microsoft\visual foxpro 9\foxuser.dbf
>>>But that is for VFP9 and I'm not sure where you should search for it.
>>>
>>>Use the old VFP technique:
>>>Delete ALL FoxUser.* files wherever you find them and try to do your settings again :-).
>>
>>The 'Search Path' as other settings saved with 'Set as Default' are stored in the registry.
>
>well, my config.fpw is located under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8\Samples\Servers\Foxisapi\Foxis and when I opened it the only thing it had was "screen=off".
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>the foxuser.dbf was ending up on my desktop so the only thing I did was tell it the resource file location is c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpro 8\ in the "tools / option / Resource File".
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>I even deleted the foxuser.dbf
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>and
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>also unchecked the "use resource file" under "tools / option / Resource File".
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>I am kind of at a loss now.
>
>
>thanks nick


What did you have in "Default Directory" in "Tools->Options"?
What you have in "Search Path"?