>Al:
>Thank you so very much for taking the time to present such a detailed instruction list.
>I appreciated that, as I'm not an advanced VFP programmer.
>
>I had most of my settings pretty much as you listed them. Nevertheless I did set everything up EXACTLY
>as you specified, and I'm still getting the same result... an EXE that will not die (until I reboot).
>
>All my other apps compile and run (and close) perfectly...without this problem.
>I've compared my form's properties with others I've used, and they match up ok.
>So I'm thinking there has to be something else in that folder that's not allowing this app to die (some setting
>or something else?).
>
>As these things usually turn out... it has to be something really basic...simple.
>
>The only thing that's different in this app from others I've written, is that it had complained ... wanting me to add
>a header file (which I've never used before)... PRO4_app.h (in the OTHER/text files section of the PJX).
>Accordingly, I added #INCLUDE C:\PRO4\PRO4_APP.H to the main.prg
>
>I don't know why it was asking for this, but that's the only difference from previous apps.
>

That's exactly backwards. What it asked you to add it to the project, that meant it was already referenced somewhere in the project. Take out the #INCLUDE in the main program and use Code References or GoFish to find out what in the project is looking for this file.

Tamar