Hi Victor.

>Well it's not looking too good for VFP at the moment - I got it installed and it doesn't work - dies right after the splash screen. going to try a few things & see if I can get it going....grrrr - perhaps this is one last nail in the coffin for VFP...

According to Matt Slay, it works fine: http://mattslay.com/visual-foxpro-on-windows-8/

Doug