>Not sure what you mean "run it out of the environment".
>When I run it within VFP it works fine... no problem when I get back to the desktop.
>Then I compile it with no errors.
>When I run the .EXE it runs fine, but when I exit out of it, I'm stuck with the cursor and its hourglass and the .exe is still running.
>And I cannot delete it from within the task manager.
>
>I tried putting a QUIT in the form unload... still does the same thing
>My app only has this one form... pretty simple... not doing anything extraordinary.
>I'm wondering if there was some property I did not set correctly for the form itself.
>
>Real perplexed.

Put ThisForm.Release before CLEAR EVENTS.

Tamar