Disabling the taskpane did the trick Sergey! I don't use it anyway, so it doesn't matter to me. Just curious though why would this break out of the blue?

Thanks as always!

David


>Try to upgrade to the latest MSXML 3.0 service pack http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28494391-052b-42ff-9674-f752bdca9582&displaylang=en
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>Disable Taskpane as shown at http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/how-disable-task-pane-manager
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>>Upon starting vfp 8, sp1 vfp hangs and says the program has stopped working. Upon querying the crash details, the faulting module is always msxml3.dll.
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>>This started happening just recently. I wish I knew what, if any, configuration changes I made, program additions, etc.
>>It happens about 90% of the time. Sometimes, mysteriously, it doesn't happen - maybe the first time I try to start vfp for the day
>>Maybe vfp needs to rest overnight -lol.
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>>PS - I need to use VFP 8 - sp1 - using an AccountMate system that requires this version and sp.
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>>Any clues appreciated.Thanks.