>>>Hi,
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>>>I will be at a new customer site tomorrow installing VFP 9 application on Windows 8 Prof. I don't have Windows 8 so I am looking for suggestions on how to proceed (since Windows 8, as far as I know, has a very different user interface). Usually I install my VPF 9 app as following:
>>>1. Copy from CD all application files to the root of the C: drive as C:\MyApp\, C:\MyApp\Data, and so on.
>>>2. Run SETUP.EXE (built with Installshield limited) that installs VFP 9 run-time
>>>3. Create desktop shortcut to the application executable (e.g. C:\MyApp\AppName.exe)
>>>
>>>Any suggestions on how to accomplish the above on Windows 8 Pro?
>>>TIA
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>>We have tested several of our VFP apps in Win8 and they work the same as in Win7. They run in Desktop mode, rather than whatever the other new Win8 mode is called. It looks kind of like the basic UI fallback in Win7 when Aero is turned off, only without the Start bar (unless you download an addon like this one: http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php).
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>First, Rick, thank you for your message.
>You said that the computer does not have Start bar; does it have Start button where I can get to the computer so that to copy and paste my files from CD?

Yes...there is still a file explorer...
http://lifehacker.com/5842209/windows-8-in+depth-part-3-windows-explorer