>>You're not forced to uninstall the old version....it gives you the option, but the default is to remove it. Actually, I thought that was kind of a nice touch.
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>I didn't say you were forced to uninstall the old version, Craig. I said:
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>>>I sure wish programs would _upgrade_ themselves gracefully, insteading for forcing you either to uninstall the old version first or keep both versions.
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>I don't want to keep both versions. I just want the new version to use the old version's settings instead of forcing me to enter them all over again (if I can remember them!).

Make a copy of your CONFIG.FPW and FOXUSER.* before you install. Then after installation, copy them to the new VFP directory. However, there will be separate registry entries for 6.0, so you'll need to reset those. BTW, the registry stuff should work this way.