>At some time in my distant past I checked off the "Recompile All Files" checkbox in all my projects. I have long since forgotten why I did so.
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>What happens if I uncheck it? (Yes, I know the timestamps on all my VCXs and VCXs won't change any more, and it won't take forever ....)
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>Or, maybe the question should be ... when would I ever want it checked?
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>Thanks in advance

I might be wrong and others can confirm or deny but I believe that only when recompile all files is checked does VFP pack the memo files belonging to the project. If you edit classes and other memo using components your exe will get larger as time goes by. I might be wrong ...