Nothing that prevents that, but it circumvents the security add to to Vista/Win7. In your scenario, what's to stop malware from attaching itself to your exe?

>Why? Why not somewhere else, like its own directory?
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>I have VFP installed in c:\VFP9 and all my projects are in c:\VFP9\myprojects.
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>Why must I install anything in a specific place dictated by someone else? Why can I not create a sub directory called \data and installl the files there?
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>Is there some specific reason that prevents this that you know of?