>>Well Al... it appears you did it again.
>>I renamed the two FOXUSER* files to something else, and so far... no more blanking out of the forms.
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>>I don't know the significance of these FOXUSER files, but so far running the app hasn't recreated the FOXUSER files.
>>I've checked some of my other apps, and I notice that some of them have the two FOXUSER files and some don't.
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>>So, do we actually need those files?
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>As Tore points out they're useful in the VFP IDE, they remember stuff like positions/sizes of editing windows, the last method window if you edit a class then save/close with method window(s) open etc. Basically little things that make life easier.
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>But, if those files get corrupted somehow all kinds of weird stuff can happen.

Way back from the FoxPro DOS days, what I've been doing is backing up the FOXUSER file soon after getting the environment configured -- that way I've got a "starting point" from which I can restore the environment. That saves me the effort of remembering to re-configure all the settings the way that I usually want if I have to reset the FOXUSER files.