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Another program puts VFP9 runtimes in wrong location!
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04/11/2011 18:26:16
 
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01527902
Message ID:
01528133
Views:
45
Thanks for the info.
Cyril


>a) VFP Runtimes in the default locations may cause problem
>b) No
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>>a) Why Sergey do you say they should be REMOVED from the other locations. If they are on the application directory as well as elsewhere, could the software still use the wrong ones? I obviously cannot control where other applications put their runtimes. If I can solve problems for my app by having my runtimes in my application directory, I will do that. But should I also look for other VFP9* files from other apps?
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>>b) If VFP runtimes are moved to the application directory, do they need to be registered?
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>>Cyril
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>>>You should move VFP runtimes to the applications directory and remove them from other locations.
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>>>>A user had a Resource file mismatch error.
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>>>>My install puts its runtimes in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\VFP
>>>>After investigation, it was found that she had VFP9 runtimes files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64.
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>>>>When we deleted the VFP9*.* files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64, her Resource file mismatch error went away!
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>>>>I suspect that now her other program won't run!
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>>>>Is there anything I can do to force my program to use the files in Common Files rather than the ones in SysWOW64?
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>>>>Cyril
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