>The best you can do in 3.0 is to set _SCREEN.VISIBLE = .F. as soon as possible in your main program. There is a bit of a flicker, but is better than nothing.
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>>When I distribute program to a user whose monitor is greater than mine, the foxpro desktop is no longer covered up by the application window. It looks very odd. I have set menu=off and sysmenu=off and is using VFP 3.0. I would be very grateful if anybody step in to give me a hand. I need help !

How about if you set up the ap to run minimized with the shortcut, then you can hide the main screen, create your top-level screen and restore the window to normal state? This way you shouldn't see the flicker.

BOb