>>My system will not hold my defaults. I can set all I need in my startup program, but I can't set the debugger environment. I keep setting it to "FoxPro Frame" and pressing "Set as Default", but the next time I start VFP5.0a, it's back at "Debug Frame".
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>>Does any one know of a way I can programmically change the frame? Either by altering an ini file, or something else?
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>>If any one has any ideas about why some of my defaults will not hold (set exclusive, command results, set escape for example), I'd appreciate hearing them. I've deleted my foxuser.dbf file and that doesn't help. I've installed VFP on a new computer and that doesn't help.

I think that all VFP settings are saved in the registry.

>One more thing. Every time I come out of the options box, my path is chopped off to 255 characters. I assume that's a bug in VFP. Any one know of a way to have VFP recognize that I've just come out of the options box and reset the path? (My path already has all the '.'s and '..'s in it, so it can't be shortened).

It's not a bug, it's by design. A path is limited to 255 characters maximum.