>>>>>We got some new machines with Vista pre Loaded and without dealing with any runtime installs, my app runs just fine. Do my compiled exe's have the runtime embedded to make this possible?
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>>>>No, VFP runtime files are not included in EXE. They either have to be installed on PC or be present in the same directory as EXE.
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>>>I do see vfp8r.dll, and VFP8RENU.DLL residing on the drive where the app launches from.
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>>They are probably in the PATH.
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>That's exactly right, thanks.

If you want a single executable .EXE maybe you look for molebox. It can add all .dll files into single .EXE included VFP's runtime files too.