>I can run the .exe from within Visual FoxPro on all my machines.
>But, I cannot run the .exe independently from any PC.
>
>The config.fpw file is basically the default created by AppBuilder.
>
>I created a test app, put it through the setup wizard and
>installed on 2 PC's and that .exe works fine independently.
>
>The start program puts up a menu and does a READ EVENTS.
>Works great from within Fox.
>
>Am I missing something in the CONFIG.FPW??
>
>Thanks for replying so quickly.

It sounds like you have SCREEN=OFF in the CONFIG.FPW that you compiled into the program, but never issues a _SCREEN.visible = .t. or activated a top-level form.