Ken: That's a nasty one. I can't help, since I've never had the problem. You've found a valid (if annoying) workaround, but I hope someone else jumps in with a better solution.

One possibility, though, is to work with InstallShield instead of the VFP Setup Wizard. It's a great deal more solid about handling the system files like OCXs, and has an UnInstall built in as well.

HTH
Barbara

>I have an ocx install problem too. I put the ocx's in the main directory where my installation files are located. 4 total . using a new win98 hard drive
>each time. 1 to 3 of the ocx's would not copy to system dir using vfp6 and the updates to wizard and sp1. The activexs are checked off to install in system dir. I ended up using a post setup .exe to test for the activexs and install by code. I would prefer not to.
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>Ken