>When VFP 6 was installed on an XP box we could right click on a DBF, select Open With, select VFP 6, and a browse window would open. If the same were done with a PRG, the PRG would compile and run.
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>VFP 9 on the same box doesn't want to do this nor does that handy functionality appear for any version of VFP on Windows 7/8 machines. It's hard to believe how dependent we've become on small features like this.
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>Does anyone know where the settings are to get this to happen? Or how it was done?
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>Many thanks,
>Dave

Hi Dave

How about right-click the DBF and select Open With then select VFP as the application to open it with, make sure you tick the Always Open With or equivalent check box. That should be about it and next time you double-click a DBF it should open with VFP.

HTH

Kind regards
Bhavbhuti