>>So my app/exe was running fine yesterday.
>>This morning I started the computer, VFP and 'access denied' for every table.
>>I set exclusive off and even tried to unlock a record and am out of ideas for recovering access.
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>>After this message is sent, I'll shut down the computer and re start it and try again.
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>Hi Grady, where are the dbf's stored ? on your pc or a server ?

On the PC - A computer reboot fixed the problem.