>I don't know why this works, but I received a tip several years ago that sometimes cleans this up.

>SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0
>USE myTable
>GO BOTT
>BROWSE

>
>Manually append 4 or 5 records (I use CTRL-Y in the browse window) and then DELETE the newly appended records.
>
>It doesn't work all the time, but it works frequently enough to be worth a try.

Another thing which works sometimes - open it exclusive in VFP6 or 5, pack, fingers crossed.